Posted on 11/06/2014 2:44:29 PM PST by forbushalltheway
Currently, Dish Network's 14 million subscribers do not have access to CNN or other Turner Broadcasting channels like the Cartoon Network. Speaking specifically of CNN, Dish Chairman Charlie Ergen ridiculed the left-wing cable news network's obsessive coverage of the missing Malaysian airliner and said losing the channel was a "non-event."
"Twenty years ago, CNN was a must-have channel, but it's not a top 10 network anymore ... unless they find the plane, the Malaysian plane," Ergen said during a conference call. He added that losing CNN just days before a major midterm election would have been "a disaster" for Dish a decade ago, but there have been "few subscriber losses after the channel's removal because viewers now have plenty of sources for news."
Keep in mind that Ergen is currently negotiating with Turner and that this dismissive attitude is undoubtedly part of a negotiating strategy. He is correct, though, that a decade ago Dish would've felt more pressure to make a deal with CNN with a big midterm election on the horizon. The truth is that CNN just isn’t what it used to be. Not only have the ratings tanked, so has its credibility. Despite this, according to Ergen, CNN came at Dish with a double digit price increase:
We know how many minutes people watch CNN and how many minutes they watched five years ago and it’s hard to pay a double-digit price increase for something that people are watching half as much as they used to watch. It’s Turner’s job to make their product better. Not ours… When they make the product better, they make more money from it.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
OHH my aunt going be tick off she want TCM BACK ASAP
Interesting that he’s ragging on one of the regime’s media affiliates.
Charlie has been a solid Obama fan.
Dissension in the ranks. Love it.
Tru is the only real loss.
LOL! “unless the find the plane, the Malaysian plane...”
Your aunt watches perhaps the only Turner station, TCM, that’s worth anything...
Wonder why they’re not running a tape on WW1 action ...
“A loss of 14 million subscribers is a big deal for Turner and CNN. Although no one watches, CNN still pockets a nice piece of change from every household forced to subscribe to a cable or satellite package that carries CNN. This racket is how CNN (and dozens of other low-rated networks) manage to stay alive despite having no viewers.”
I think so
She thinking about drop Dish network if this continue she may go Verzion FIOS she want GEttv and Movies tv network also
I wouldn’t miss CNN, however, TCM and TWC (The Weather Channel) are another story.
Tru tv
OMG that my guilty pleasure see when Criminal attack LOL!
TCM is the best channel on tv period. If I could only have 3 channels would be TCM,Fox News and METV (pre 1975 sitcoms) dont watch modern sitcoms
tell your Aunt I feel for her, Do they stream on tcm.com? even if they do, they would need provider info I guess, so I answered my own question
Thankfully don’t have DISH but Directv
And as far as I’m concerned, they can dump the weather channel too.
CNN needs Dish more that Dish needs CNN.
The guy is a tyrant to his employees, but this is funny!
Tell your aunt. I have Verizon FIOS, and it is very good. We dropped Dish three years ago for Verizon.
TWC is a Big Global Warming Fanatic and Very Liberal! Did you see this about one of the Co Founders of TWC, http://lastresistance.com/8270/weather-channel-founder-demolishes-global-warming-cnn/
At my daughter’s house, where they have DTV, I discovered Weather Nation, which is like Weather Channel used to be 20 years ago, before it was acquired by NBC and turned into a propaganda vehicle for climate change.
Funny!! But me and the kids want Boomerang and cartoon network back!!!! You can keep Wolf “they’re so very black” Blitzer! We want Fred Flintstone and Bugs Bunny!
TCM does stream on their website it only available to AT&T Time Warner and Verzion FIOS and maybe Comcast that is not for Dish or Direct tv customer
Yeah she thinking about I am former Dish network customer just hate the price the customer service
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