Re: AAAAHHHHHHHHh No more ABC ch. 7 !!!!

Tell your cable company to take a long walk, off a short pier, and buy yourself a satellite dish.<g> -- don "Getting hit by a meteorite is an accident... everything else is driver-error." "TRUSRS85" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > AAAAHHHHHHHHh No more ABC ch. 7 !!!! > > Because Disney which owns ABC is fighting with Time Warner Cable, I no longer > get ABC. Which means no stanley cup playoffs and no auto racing!!! > > AAHHHHHHHH > AAAAAHHHHHHH > > GOD DAMN DISNEY TO HELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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> >I'm sure it's not just Disney at fault. Since the merger announcement of >AOL/TW my rates have gone up, my television's tvGuide+ has been >rendered useless, animal planet has been cut, infomercials have >increaed. Time Warner SUCKS! I don't know who the culprit is in this >particular issue but Time Warner stinks. >

Time Warner gave me Speedvision!!!! I love TW !!

AAAAHHHHHHHHh No more ABC ch. 7 !!!! Because Disney which owns ABC is fighting with Time Warner Cable, I no longer get ABC. Which means no stanley cup playoffs and no auto racing!!! AAHHHHHHHH AAAAAHHHHHHH GOD DAMN DISNEY TO HELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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> >AAAAHHHHHHHHh No more ABC ch. 7 !!!! > >Because Disney which owns ABC is fighting with Time Warner Cable, I no longer >get ABC. Which means no stanley cup playoffs and no auto racing!!! > >AAHHHHHHHH >AAAAAHHHHHHH > >GOD DAMN DISNEY TO HELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > >

Disney Has Pulled its ABC Signal Off Eleven Key Time Warner Cable Systems New York, New York - At 12:01am on May 1, The Walt Disney Company, which owns ABC, pulled its ABC broadcast signal from Time Warner cable systems in 11 markets around the country, affecting approximately 3.5 million households. Disney is trying to inappropriately use its ownership of ABC to extract excessive and unreasonable terms for its cable channels - terms that would add hundreds of millions of dollars in costs for Time Warner Cable and its customers. In the past week, Time Warner has made two reasonable proposals to Disney that would have kept ABC on Time Warner cable systems through the end of the year. Unfortunately, Disney has decided to single out Time Warner customers by rejecting both proposals, while recently agreeing to similar long-term extensions with other cable companies. "Disney's repeated threats, deadlines and short-term extensions have caused our customers great frustration and anxiety," said Barry Rosenblum, President, Time Warner Cable of New York City. "We regret any temporary inconvenience, but we're not going to let Disney force our customers to 'walk the plank' one more time. Our primary goal is to put our customers first." Federal law says no cable company can carry a broadcast TV signal without the broadcaster's permission. Disney's rejection of our offers unfortunately means we do not have permission to retransmit their ABC signal. "Disney withheld consent; therefore, Disney is responsible for our customers losing ABC," said Rosenblum. Time Warner has successfully reached agreements with every other broadcast company in the country. In January, Time Warner reached a long-term agreement with Disney, but Disney reneged at the last minute. Since then, Time Warner has worked hard to convince Disney to act reasonably and place customers' interests first. Disney has refused all offers and continues to make excessive demands. "Our goal is to put customers first," said Rosenblum. "Our most recent offers would have done that. We continue to believe that the best way to resolve the situation is to extend our existing agreement through the end of the year while we continue to negotiate a long-term agreement."

In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] (TRUSRS85) wrote: > AAAAHHHHHHHHh No more ABC ch. 7 !!!! > > Because Disney which owns ABC is fighting with Time Warner Cable, I nolonger

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> get ABC. Which means no stanley cup playoffs and no auto racing!!! > > AAHHHHHHHH > AAAAAHHHHHHH > > GOD DAMN DISNEY TO HELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! >

I'm sure it's not just Disney at fault. Since the merger announcement of AOL/TW my rates have gone up, my television's tvGuide+ has been rendered useless, animal planet has been cut, infomercials have increaed. Time Warner SUCKS! I don't know who the culprit is in this particular issue but Time Warner stinks. Aragorn -- He that sows lies in the end shall not lack of a harvest -JRRT- Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.

Time Warner gave me Speedvision!!!! I love TW !!

> Time Warner gave me Speedvision!!!! > I love TW !! But Time Warner only condescended to add Speedvision when the rates for the satellite offerings came down enough for it to become quite reasonable for people to switch. Only then did they "give" you Speedvision. Neither side in this squabble is innocent. Time Warner is withholding their distribution of Disney/ABC at a particularly important time (the "sweeps" period) to extort a better deal. Disney/ABC, on the other hand, is trying to make cable companies pay THEM for distributing their content, even though it's Disney/ABC that rakes in all the advertising money. ABC used to be available only via their own broadcast signal. The cable companies now distribute their signal to a lot more homes, with a better quality signal. ABC ought to pay them. So the big boys will fight it out to see who needs who the most, and neither side is really concerned about stepping on us peasants. Dave Wilson Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.