Posted on 01/13/2014 1:29:33 PM PST by equaviator
The Weather Channel, in less than 12 hours, will lose 20 million viewers if it can’t reach a deal with DirecTV to continue carrying its network. It has appealed to viewers to tell DirecTV and Congress that it serves a public good, and that cutting the network will put lives at risk. “If you have ever been in a severe weather decision and you need to make a decision to protect your family, you need to get your information from a trusted source,” said Weather Channel president David Clark. ...
Many viewers also realize their local weather teams can provide effective coverage during severe weather situations. Irrespective of what you think about WeatherNation, the alternative network DirecTV has added to its line-up for straight weather coverage, The Weather Channel’ argument that it’s indispensable is a bit of a stretch considering the resources local weather media offer viewers...
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If I need to know, I look it up online. Why sit through a cycle on Weather Channel?
I won’t miss them a lick. They’ve turned into a propaganda machine for the global warming crap, and nobody wants to hear that shizzle.
I don’t know why a customer who receives the satellite version would want it. You don’t get local weather, which makes it useless, IMO.
I’m a DTV subscriber, I live in an area with a lot of weather. I have never watched TWC. I hope DTV doesn’t give in.
Same thing can be said about over the air “free” tv broadcasts. Will the WaPo agree that competition should be allowed there? After all, the Obama voters need somewhere to watch the weather on their ObamaTVs so that they can plan their next party on their Obamaphones.
NBC has made TWC a leader in their global warming BS.
TWC name storms, makes up “polar vortex” and has lost all credibility.
I have DirecTV, Not one penny for TWC.
Oh, by the way, I am old too.
I’m so old I remember when they actually had music on MTV.
I’m also so old that I remember when they actually had the weather on The Weather Channel.
Well, someone had to take up the slack when al-Gore sold his CurrenTV to Al-Jazeera . . . (even though they were doing it concurrently with CurrenTV)
I stopped watching when Kristina Abernathy got phased out.
TWC is owned by Comcast/NBC/MSNBC, so....not really a “trusted source” for me.
In before the older people who have been standing behind TWC on other blogs.
Snips:
. In the first example, they republish a highly biased Associated Press article on their Weather Channel site which touches on Tropical Storm Isaac but quickly devolves into not so subtle slams on Republicans.
. Even worse, The Weather Channel is now paying homage to Fidel Castro in a Faustian bargain, as Henry Louis Gomez of PJ Media put it, to be allowed to broadcast from Cuba:
. Incidentally, The Weather Channel is owned by NBC/Universal, which has an accredited bureau in Havana that brings such important stories as the world record-holding Cuban head bouncer and the 11-foot bicycle built by and ridden by a Cuban man. Wouldn’t want to risk their fake news bureau by reporting actual news, would they?
Horse Pucky!!!When the weather get’s severe DirecTV goes out.
What a load of crap.
TWC on TV is the last place I go for up to the minute weather. Their website is another matter. It’s excellent.
I have COX so I won’t lose them but I wouldn’t miss them if I did. I probably wouldn’t even notice they were gone. They should change their name to the Climate Change Propoganda Channel. They spend very, very little time on weather unless there’s a storm they can hysterically over hype.
LOL - I don't know what that means.
And they added the “Worthless Al Roker”.
It could be worse. Dish Network is battling with some of the networks here. Looks like I won’t get the Superbowl.
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