Kolek planning to go pro
Does anyone know whether Fox Sports Wisconsin could be pulled from any of these providers depending on who buys them? Disney is in the process of selling FS-WI (and other Fox Regional Sports Networks). I have Spectrum now and have looked at all the other options including DirecTV which I think I can get a decent introductory rate for a 2 year commitment. My concern is if FS-WI gets sold could it get pulled from all these providers? I asked an ATT/DirecTV rep yesterday and they didn't really know the answer. Maybe I'm overthinking this.
Got an email from DTV Now that my package is being discontinued (JB? 4ever? ZFB? Who's going there first?), but I can keep it for now for an extra $10/month. I currently pay $40, and it's the basic option.Check this list of channel lineups. Live a Little is my current one. The other 2 are new. I don't know what the hell happened, but they just made their product massively less appealing.https://cdn.directv.com/content/dam/dtv/gmott/html/dynamic_channels/compare-packages-account-dynamic-livealittle.html
Agreed. I haven't been the biggest fan of their app to begin with so this may be what gets me to switch over to Youtube TV. Chicos has been calling for these price increases for a long time now. I fear the ride may be over for us cord cutters sooner rather than later.
Our family just cancelled Directv this last week, and upgraded our internet speed to 100 mbs. We got a Firestick and now have HuluLive for about half of what we were paying for Directv. The increased internet speed only ran us an additional $10.00/month. Net savings is like $40-$50 a month, and so far we aren't missing anything that we would have gotten on Directv.
Oh it is going to happen. Everyone is losing their ass. Several will bail out entirely. The only ones making money are the programmers (Disney, Fox, etc). Can’t run a business at a loss. As more and more people cut the chord, then the ball swings and the rates will go up on OTT. Pure economics. Will still take some time and some good deals for some time, but the cost of content cannot be absorbed at a loss like everyone is doing now.
YouTubeTV just announced big increases. As I said, not only is it going to happen...it has to. Pure economics on the costs of goods.https://techcrunch.com/2019/04/10/youtube-tv-gets-some-new-channels-and-a-hefty-price-hike/
Any reason you chose Hulu over DirecTVNow and YoutubeTV?
Even with price increases not having box rental fees still saves me $45 per month. Paying $45 a month for every channel I want to watch on any of my tv's plus DVR for my 3 tv's or on any of my devices is great. Plus since I have ATT Fiber Internet & Cell Phone what I stream doesn't count against my data cap. All in after taxes I pay $115 for 100mb up & down + tv works for me. Also, channel owners will only sell their channels in a group. For example, Viacom won't let you just buy MTV - you have to buy them all.
I am paying $600 a year for internet, and I find that to be .. reasonable. My family gets a huge amount of utility out of that $600, and I'm OK with that fee.I'm also paying $600 a year for a streaming service. That's a crap-ton of money for what is basically entertainment .. 90+% of which, I do not watch. Raise that to $700, and I'm out. I understand that Viacom (et al) doesn't want to sell me just MTV, but that's too farging bad. I want to watch Teen Mom and that's all. And maybe I'll forgo that entirely and Viacom will have zero dollars from me. And don't get me started on ESPN and their Ocho channels, of which I haven't watched since FS took over the Big East. It absolutely kills me that $~150 of my $600 goes to a set of ESPN channels I never watch.I get it, I get it. Viacom and Disney, et al, bundle. And this structure supports tons of minor channels that wouldn't make it otherwise. As I said .. that was cable delivery v1.0. What does v2.0 look like?
Can any of you nerdbaits help explain if and how having Fiber internet would impact streaming?I may soon have Xfinity fiber and may go to YouTubeTV or another streaming service.. will the lag still be CRAZY for live sports (crazy = 15 seconds)?Will having Fiber make a big difference in doing anything for me???
BeeJay, fiber is gonna help wit yo constipation, aina?
I’ve got the opposite issue, my man. In fact, on the toilet right now.