DirecTV

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Customers have been hearing the CEO of DTV tell us that News Corp has notified DTV that they are looking at a 40% markup in the profits for the Fox channels, including the cable, regular and film channels. DTV is renegotiating, but is letting their customers know that there is a possibility that FX, and other Fox cable networks might be removed from the lineup.

I don't know--I think it might be a better lineup if they would remove Faux News from it--perhaps the IQ of the average DTV customer would increase if they DID remove it.

[Initech]

1. Ugh - just when I was thinking of switching.

[OffWithTheirHeads]

2. If they drop Fux I may switch from Comcast.

[awoke_in_2003]

10. Not dropping fox news...

possibly dropping fox sports networks.

[OffWithTheirHeads]

15. Not good enough to get me to change.

[southernyankeebelle]

3. Its to bad it doesn't effect Fox News Network. My husband is upset

about losing his soccer channel.

[Upton]

4. A deal has been reached...

http://www.directv.com/DTVAPP/content/fox_retrans

[tblue]

9. BOOOOO!!!!

Too bad.

[Warpy]

5. They want services to pay through the nose for the good channels

to subsidize the propaganda channel, which is not in danger of moving. I find this completely repellent since those increased fees will get passed on to me. NO THANKS.

It's fun to watch the Pox propaganda commercials, too. I did email Direct and let them know I don't want to pay extra for the one channel I watch with any regularity, National Geographic. I suggested the ghettoize Pox News along with the other channels as a premium subscription package the way they do the HBO and Cinemax channels. That way the sports nuts can pay for Pox Sports and the rest of us won't be forced to support Pox News.

[Ian David]

6. Fox "News" is kept deliberately cheap to catapult the propaganda. n/t

[valerief]

7. Wow, if they don't have Fox "Nooz" or Fox "Biz" it's a great reason to switch to DirecTV. nt

[csziggy]

8. They've got a deal

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2011/10/directv-and-news-corp-reach-new-deal.html

[Betsy Ross]

11. I was hoping for some better replacements.

But they have an agreement. Wonder how much more it will cost us to not watch Fox.

[Shagbark Hickory]

12. This is the norm for Dish Network customers. Last year they actually did pull the plug on some fox

channels.
Unfortunately Fox "News" was not one of them.
Within a couple of weeks they sorted it out and restored the channels. The only one I really gave a shit about was National Geographic Channel.

[Turbineguy]

13. Hopefully

Pat Robertson will stick it to them also.

[UTUSN]

14. Isn't Dtv owned by MURDOCH anyway? n/t