NBC no longer with Time Warner Cable (how much, move)

[shaxs]

Originally Posted by thetexican

I think the issue is that KXAN wants TW to pay to carry thier station. TW contends that the channel/ signal is given to them by the Feds/ over the air. Since KXAN makes their $ thru advertising, they are kinda silly not to have TW carry their station (more customers/ TW coverage is larger than over the air). Sooooo, on this one I agree with TW.

But overall, TW brings the suck!/ the info on the shows is pathetic. I want U-verse but it is unavailible in 78734. Spending too much for their package atm, have Roadrunner/Cable/phone. I would ditch the phone as I never use it, but I have to have it for the security system. I WANT MORE HD. is it worth looking into just keeping the internet/phone portion. and getting a dish for the tele s?

I heart it is the other way around. TW is charging its subscribers a small fee every month to carry the NBC channel and KXAN wanted a share of that profit. TW refused and so KXAN decided not to renew their contract. I side with KXAN on this one.

[dguild]

You guys don't need new antenna's. Old ones will work just fine

[shaxs]

Here is some info I found:

So why the riff between KXAN and Time Warner Cable? Is it about the analog-TV switchover, or bandwidth issues?

Our dispute is about fair and equitable treatment. Time Warner charges its cable subscribers a fee to provide KXAN-TV in its channel line-up. It also charges its cable subscribers a fee to provide cable networks, which cable subscribers may or may not watch. Time Warner shares that fee with the cable networks; however, it does not share that fee with us. In essence, it takes our signal for free and resells it for a profit.

Time Warner’s agreement to carry KXAN on its cable system will expire on October 2, 2008 and they have been unresponsive to our attempts to reach a new long-term agreement or a contract extension for both our analog and high-definition signals.

Found here Austinist: KXAN and Time Warner Cable Dispute: Q&A with Eric Lassberg, General Manager @ KXAN

[el duderino]

'm thinking about switching from TWC and this NBC is the icing on the cake. We have the 3 deal special; cable, internet and phone. They are about to lose yet another customer and we will have to find other options for all of those services. We actually watch a few NBC shows and I don't pay for cable to have the "privilege" of watching those shows online.

Does anyone have Dish Network? I'm not a huge sports nut, so I'm wondering if that's a better option than Direct TV. I've heard their HD DVR is awesome.

[shaxs]

Well, I have Direct TV and have been very happy with the hd dvr.... just an fyi!

[Franklyn]

Originally Posted by el duderino

Does anyone have Dish Network? I'm not a huge sports nut, so I'm wondering if that's a better option than Direct TV. I've heard their HD DVR is awesome.

I had Dish and switched to DirectTv. Have never been sorry. Tivo IS awesome!

[mm57553]

We have Dish Network and have had no problems. Just sayin'......

[readymade]

I take back everything I said about U-Verse. It is BY FAR the worst service I have ever had. I just sat around today ALL DAY waiting for them to come to fix my signal (many shows are unwatchable because of glitches). No one EVER CAME! When I called to ask why, I was told they'd "definitely" be there in less than an hour. 2 hours later when I called to find out why no one came, I was put on hold for 10 minutes and then hung up on. When I called back again, I was told "You've probably figured it out by now that no one's coming. Sorry about that." and that was it!

I'm either going back to DirecTV or the Dish network. I never had any problems with DirecTV.

[tourbound129]

For those of you with satellite, what internet provider are you using?

I'm not really happy with TW over the KXAN situation but I"m not sure what route I could go to get internet and tv with 2 HD-DVR's for better than the $115 I'm paying right now with TW. Any thoughts?

[Trainwreck20]

I looked a month or so ago, and if you extrapolate out the costs of Dish and Direct, they are within a dollar or so a month of each other (I was looking at switching from Dish to Direct at the time). One has a higher initial set up but lower monthly or add on fees, one has a better intro rate but it ramps up more, etc., etc.

I have Dish and have no problems...we did lose about 20 minutes this past year due to weather (missed a few minutes each of several DVRed shows). We did sign up for the golden handcuffs a few years ago and bundled all our services (mobile, land, internet, TV) and have a pretty good price. As for the cost of the individual services, I would have to check, but Inet is ~$35 and TV is about $50. We have the middle of the road package on TV and the highest non-commercial interent. Not sure what it will be when our 3 year contract runs out, though, either. No movie or add on channels (HBO, etc.).