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General Category => Entertainment => Topic started by: Thrash on November 06, 2020, 09:10:39 AM

Title: T-Mobile gives cord-cutters what they want, and media companies aren’t happy
Post by: Thrash on November 06, 2020, 09:10:39 AM: Quote
It looks like this is turning into a bigger fight. Sources have told The Streamable’s Jason Gurwin that NBC Universal also believes T-Mobile is violating the terms of its carriage agreement by not including NBC and Telemundo in all of its packages. ViacomCBS, meanwhile, reportedly has concerns about its channels being relegated to T-Mobile’s $10 per month package, and not its pricier bundles.

In other words, none of these companies want their channels to be broken up into smaller, more flexible packages. Instead, they are insisting on more bloated bundles at higher prices, even as customers abandon those packages at record rates.

They are never going to learn (https://www.fastcompany.com/90572533/t-mobile-gives-cord-cutters-what-they-want-and-discovery-is-not-happy) ...
Title: Re: T-Mobile gives cord-cutters what they want, and media companies aren’t happy
Post by: Tru on November 06, 2020, 11:56:19 AM: Nope.

After several years of bitching Xfinity out for raising my rate every year I finally had to just give up fighting with them. I had gotten it renegotiated back to a reduced rate each year but I just can't do it anymore and with covid you can't even get a real person on the phone.
Title: Re: T-Mobile gives cord-cutters what they want, and media companies aren’t happy
Post by: Thrash on November 06, 2020, 11:51:03 PM: Right ...
I think the T-Mo $10 deal would be good for travelling ...

Half the channels are shit, but the other half are good/ok ...
Title: Re: T-Mobile gives cord-cutters what they want, and media companies aren’t happy
Post by: Tru on November 07, 2020, 03:04:01 AM: I don't care about broadcast/network TV programing, it's the internet access I'm willing to pay for. Get whatever the fuck you want with that.
Title: Re: T-Mobile gives cord-cutters what they want, and media companies aren’t happy
Post by: Thrash on November 07, 2020, 03:10:01 PM: True, but I mean for $10 a month for someone like me that travels, it's not a bad deal when I'm not sure if I have internet access at times or a good enough access to have television that way ...

I'd pay $10 a month for that convenience ...
Title: Re: T-Mobile gives cord-cutters what they want, and media companies aren’t happy
Post by: Tru on November 07, 2020, 03:56:33 PM: I don't travel much anymore but your reasoning seems valid.
I simply don't watch TV.
Title: Re: T-Mobile gives cord-cutters what they want, and media companies aren’t happy
Post by: Thrash on November 07, 2020, 08:58:56 PM: It's either that or have just what I have in a few DVDs or on my phone ...
A couple of those channels are aight; nothing special ...
I can only be amused for so long when forced to spank it due to lack of anything else ....
Title: Re: T-Mobile gives cord-cutters what they want, and media companies aren’t happy
Post by: Emperor Reagan on November 20, 2020, 03:18:27 PM: I think if your business model requires that you bundle bullshit people don't want onto a package, then your business should fail.
Title: Re: T-Mobile gives cord-cutters what they want, and media companies aren’t happy
Post by: Thrash on November 20, 2020, 09:08:59 PM: It's got a couple of ok channels ....
Title: Re: T-Mobile gives cord-cutters what they want, and media companies aren’t happy
Post by: Thrash on July 24, 2021, 03:23:01 PM: UPDATE:
T-Mobile Pulls the Plug On TVision Streaming Service After Just 5 Months (https://www.adweek.com/convergent-tv/t-mobile-pulls-the-plug-on-tvision-streaming-service-after-just-5-months/)
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The operator is offering YouTube TV and Philo discounts instead
Sold out again!