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(Vanity) Directv and FOX News
November 2, 2016

Posted on 11/02/2016 3:46:40 AM PDT by NYer

Was watching Fox this morning. At 6 am, instead of Fox & Friends, a message appeared saying I needed to subscribe to this channel. Fox News is a free channel on Directv. Just spoke with a representative. This problem is widespread and they are working to resolve it, hopefully within an hour or two.

Just wanted to pass this information along to others who use Directv. Coincidence that this problem should suddenly occur at precisely 6 am EST?


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1 posted on 11/02/2016 3:46:40 AM PDT by NYer
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To: NYer

Same thing happened here.

Fox Business is working fine.


2 posted on 11/02/2016 3:50:15 AM PDT by jazminerose (Adorable Deplorable)
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To: NYer

I was fed up with DirectV for a long time. I’d been paying $98.96 for what amounts to basic cable but with two DVRs and HD.

I called them up in late October and told the customer rep I want to speak to whoever I have to cancel my service. They asked why and I said “you’re gouging me - have been for years” “I’m just going to full streaming elsewhere - it works great”.

Long story short, they cut my bill nearly in HALF. So I’ll keep them for 12 more months and then drop them because I like the DVRs.


3 posted on 11/02/2016 3:51:06 AM PDT by Gaffer
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I too got fed up of Direct TV , but they refused to even drop my fees, , but said I could have a free movie. PFFTT.

I got ATT for half the rice, and got more channels, and got One America News,.


4 posted on 11/02/2016 3:58:32 AM PDT by manc ( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
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To: NYer

I’ve been staying at a Holiday InnExpress in Houston for the last 6 days.
Every morning I turn on Fox News when getting ready for the day. Just now, 5:55, Fox News “ has not been purchased”.
Fox Business still here. It’s a conspiracy of epic proportion!
Hugh!
Series!


5 posted on 11/02/2016 4:00:51 AM PDT by 9422WMR (Look, we are led by a man that either is not tough, not smart, or hes got something else in mind!)
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To: NYer

Out for me too.


6 posted on 11/02/2016 4:01:36 AM PDT by Edgar3 (Libnorance is a mental disease, and it's getting Progressively worse!)
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To: manc
I too got fed up of Direct TV , but they refused to even drop my fees, , but said I could have a free movie. PFFTT. I got ATT for half the rice, and got more channels, and got One America News,.

I switched to DirecTV from DISH because DISH kept continuously letting their contracts with certain channels lapse. Fox News, CNN, TCM, and several important channels would disappear for a week or two or more until they resolved it.

I am nearing the end of my 2-year commitment to DirecTV. I'd love to drop it, but the wife watches the Hallmark channels all the time. Can't stream those.

7 posted on 11/02/2016 4:03:05 AM PDT by Sans-Culotte (Time to get the US out of the UN and the UN out of the US!)
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Fox Temporarily swapped Direct TV Channels with Fusion TV.


8 posted on 11/02/2016 4:04:48 AM PDT by Old Retired Army Guy (frequently.)
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Both CNN and FOX News have that same message here. I do get Fox Business though.


9 posted on 11/02/2016 4:09:06 AM PDT by bunster
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To: NYer

Its still ongoing, but then again is it really bad news?

What with all the bs pollpraganda coming from FOX i’m glad they are getting their wings clipped.

Bet Hillary is even more upset! She probably just sent them money......


10 posted on 11/02/2016 4:09:22 AM PDT by Daniel Ramsey
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I am in CA and am tied to Cox Cable. This same thing happened to me yesterday at 7:30 am PST. I had to call and get a reboot which took an inordinate amount of time. Oddly too, we had to turn in a fairly new box last month,because all of the sudden it would not allow viewing FOX on HD channel. No amount of rebooting and all resolved this. Both times the screen came up as you described that it was not subscribed to. The Russians? (satire)


11 posted on 11/02/2016 4:13:58 AM PDT by embers1432
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I'd love to drop it, but the wife watches the Hallmark channels all the time. Can't stream those.

Lol!! Hallmark, the "Christmas all year round" channel. They have already begun their Christmas programming. By Christmas, your wife should be sick of it. Hopefully she'll concede by then.

12 posted on 11/02/2016 4:25:50 AM PDT by NYer (Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy them. Mt 6:19)
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Comcast tried this a few weeks ago. I was furious. I knew they were doing this as a political thing.

FOX News Channel was still there in standard def, but Comcast tried to tell me FOX got out of the HD business.

I called them out as liars because I called FOX.

FOX is back and has been since the day after he incident. They must have had many furious calls. LOL


13 posted on 11/02/2016 4:27:48 AM PDT by dforest
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The feed from the sat to your decoder went down. It’s not a conspiracy.

Jeez, the folks on this forum are a bunch of paranoid psychos. Your tv box has a glitch and you feel compelled to post a vanity about it?

The next time you feel the urge to share your “coincidences”, get up and walk away.


14 posted on 11/02/2016 4:36:16 AM PDT by Vermont Lt (Brace. Brace. Brace. Heads down. Do not look up.)
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To: manc

One America News is the only news we watch in our house.


15 posted on 11/02/2016 4:37:26 AM PDT by Dacula (Southern lives matter!)
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To: NYer

Thanks for the update.


16 posted on 11/02/2016 4:45:27 AM PDT by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
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To: NYer
Is the same thing happening with MSLSD? Didn't think so.
17 posted on 11/02/2016 4:50:44 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Deplorables' Lives Matter)
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To: Gaffer

——I’m just going to full streaming elsewhere——

where do you stream Fox News?


18 posted on 11/02/2016 4:57:56 AM PDT by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;WASP .... Hilary is an Ameriphobe)
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To: NYer

Consider it a blessing.


19 posted on 11/02/2016 5:09:10 AM PDT by stratboy
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That’s a real easy question to answer- I quit watching Fox news quite a while ago.

If you want to watch specific shows on there like Hannity or whoever, you can always get them online. But as a station I removed it from my menu guide lineup.


20 posted on 11/02/2016 6:09:36 AM PDT by Gaffer
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