Dish Dropped Disney Last Niight
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RIP to their customer service agents this morning.
Dropped them over the summer, it's par for the course for them. Last year they took off ABC right before college football season started. The timing for this stuff isn't a coincidence. It's funny they never take it off in April when the only thing on is golf.
Things I don't miss because I went the streaming route...
Just wait until people try to get ESPN+ so they can watch the games today, then be told they have to have a "cable provider" to be able to watch the normal ESPN channels on the app.
If I recall...YTTV dropped ESPN and all Disney stuff toward the end of college football's regular season last fall? Only lasted a few hours but I had to set my father up on a free trial with one of the other services so he would not miss any football.
I just saw on Twitter that Sling dropped Disney overnight since they couldn't reach an agreement. Not sure if it's related or not.
I mean that's going to be a death blow for Dish right? Or at least quicken their demise
Dish owns Sling I think.
No better time to cut the cord if you were thinking about it. Youtube TV is fantastic.
Dropped dish 2 months ago, picked up Hulu which included espn+ and Disney. Best thing I ever did!
The cable replacement streamers like YTTV and Hulu+ are susceptible to this too. They have to re-sign contracts with these channels periodically just like satellite and cable. Their business model is largely the same, just a slightly different transmission technology.
Isn't Hulu owned by Disney? That one should be safe
This is a tough position for streaming companies. Users can drop them and go to the competition easily.
Consistent behavior by DishNet, at least in the past.
"Breaking Bad" season premier, they dropped AMC. Olympics, they dropped NBC. NCAA basketball tourneys, they dropped local CBS.
Went to YouTube over a year ago and do NOT miss DishNet and their network hostage-taking one itty bit.
"Breaking Bad" season premier, they dropped AMC. Olympics, they dropped NBC. NCAA basketball tourneys, they dropped local CBS.
Went to YouTube over a year ago and do NOT miss DishNet and their network hostage-taking one itty bit.
Safe from Disney/ESPN wanting to jack up transmission fees, but Hulu still has to deal with the other entities that provide programming.
You realize it's the networks taking Dish and their subscribers hostage, right? They have to pass the higher transmission rates onto their customers, and they know higher rates are bad all around....bad for customer retention and bad for the customers that choose to stay with them.
Yep, this exact same thing happened to YouTubeTV last year.
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YouTube TV loses ESPN, other Disney networks after failing to reach new deal
YouTube TV's subscription is now $15 cheaper.