Oso planning to go pro
Ok media experts - what do you suggest a consumer who would like to be able to see all the MU games should do ? Sign a contract but the fine print says they can drop the content at any time without notice. If I treated the customers in my business like this, they would not be my customers very long. Cable and dish companies only get away with this because the choices are limited and they all stink. Lousy system for the consumer, hope it gets disrupted soon.
Is your business the same way? Comparing all businesses to all businesses is silly. There are different parameters with all of them.AT&T is trying to not let Fox Sports get away with charging what is called a transport fee for games or events they entered into after their deal was struck. This is also why Directv didn't have the ESPN go app the last 4 years. Had nothing to do with technology, but ESPN wanted to tear up the contract that was signed 5 years ago and reset all rates for DIRECTV customers to get access to the app. That would be stupid on Directv's part, to take a huge rate increase and force customers to pay more, but those are the decisions distributors have to make because customers aren't going to blame Fox or ESPN or Viacom, etc. Everyone keeps asking for it to be disrupted and I work now for a disrupter, but guess what....if and when things shift, Fox, Disney, Viacom, etc are going to do the exact same thing to the disrupters. That's the reality. They hold most of the power.
Chicos, what do you think about that new Sling.tv website? Do you think it is sustrightble? Think there is a chance in hell of FS1 getting on there? I'm a big fan of the idea (and the price point) as it lets me get live sports without footing $100+ a month to TWC or AT&T
I can deal with iut this year, but I will be switching providers before next season if nothing is resolved...... ugh.
Guys, Just called ATT. I signed up something called ATT HD Tier. It cost me $7.00 a month but she guaranteed that I will get all the Big East games. She also gave me 4 months free. I guess we'll see tomorrow.
I can't imagine this will work, but if it does let me know because 7 dollars is worth it for me to watch the Big East Tournament.
The MU game is listed as on FS 1651 on my guide. When ATT cut us off it wasn't even listed. They listed some dart championship. So that's a positive.