30 minutes ago on turn on ESPN to be greeted with a Spectrum notice that
Disney cable channels are off Spectrum in another fee dispute.

Checked Freeform - nope. Checked Disney Channel - nope.

ABC is OK - I guess it's not considered a "cable" channel (and I can get
ABC OTA anyway...).

Deadline's article:

https://deadline.com/2023/08/disney-espn-blackout-charter-spectrum-1235533518/

I'm rooting for Spectrum here - the broadcast/studio goons keep jacking
up carriage fees, forcing the cable co's to pass it on to consumers.
Spectrum and the others need to hold the line, and tell the broadcasters
to stuff it.

Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
> 30 minutes ago on turn on ESPN to be greeted with a Spectrum notice that
> Disney cable channels are off Spectrum in another fee dispute.
>
> Checked Freeform - nope. Checked Disney Channel - nope.
>

SQUIGGGGGLLLLLLLLLE

> ABC is OK - I guess it's not considered a "cable" channel (and I can get
> ABC OTA anyway...).
>
>
> Deadline's article:
>
> https://deadline.com/2023/08/disney-espn-blackout-charter-spectrum-1235533518/
>
>
> I'm rooting for Spectrum here - the broadcast/studio goons keep jacking
> up carriage fees, forcing the cable co's to pass it on to consumers.
> Spectrum and the others need to hold the line, and tell the broadcasters
> to stuff it.
>
>

--
The last thing I want to do is hurt you, but it is still on my list.

On Thu, 31 Aug 2023 18:39:10 -0700, "Ian J. Ball" <ijball@mac.invalid>
wrote:

>30 minutes ago on turn on ESPN to be greeted with a Spectrum notice that
>Disney cable channels are off Spectrum in another fee dispute.
>
>Checked Freeform - nope. Checked Disney Channel - nope.

Yeah, I saw this last night being mentioned over on Twitter. Lot of
people switching to Youtube TV according to the various tweets because
yesterday was the opening day for college football with a couple of
games going on.

>ABC is OK - I guess it's not considered a "cable" channel (and I can get
>ABC OTA anyway...).
>
>
>Deadline's article:
>
>https://deadline.com/2023/08/disney-espn-blackout-charter-spectrum-1235533518/
>
>
>I'm rooting for Spectrum here - the broadcast/studio goons keep jacking
>up carriage fees, forcing the cable co's to pass it on to consumers.
>Spectrum and the others need to hold the line, and tell the broadcasters
>to stuff it.

Yeah, I don't like that it comes to this but if they can break the
strangle hold that these companies have on the cable/satellite
companies and stop them forcing carriage of the various channels so
that we can have true ala carte choice of channels, well, we all
benefit. I would love not to have pay for sports channels that I'll
never watch, but that's impossible today if you want to get cable TV.

In article <csu2fid047ejuope4pu0acj5j8ad31pnj7@4ax.com>,
shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 31 Aug 2023 18:39:10 -0700, "Ian J. Ball" <ijball@mac.invalid>
> wrote:
>
> >30 minutes ago on turn on ESPN to be greeted with a Spectrum notice that
> >Disney cable channels are off Spectrum in another fee dispute.
> >
> >Checked Freeform - nope. Checked Disney Channel - nope.
>
> Yeah, I saw this last night being mentioned over on Twitter. Lot of
> people switching to Youtube TV according to the various tweets because
> yesterday was the opening day for college football with a couple of
> games going on.

The girlfriend was furious. It literally cut off right in the middle of
a match at the U.S. Open.

BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
> In article <csu2fid047ejuope4pu0acj5j8ad31pnj7@4ax.com>,
> shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 31 Aug 2023 18:39:10 -0700, "Ian J. Ball" <ijball@mac.invalid>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> 30 minutes ago on turn on ESPN to be greeted with a Spectrum notice that
>>> Disney cable channels are off Spectrum in another fee dispute.
>>>
>>> Checked Freeform - nope. Checked Disney Channel - nope.
>>
>> Yeah, I saw this last night being mentioned over on Twitter. Lot of
>> people switching to Youtube TV according to the various tweets because
>> yesterday was the opening day for college football with a couple of
>> games going on.
>
> The girlfriend was furious. It literally cut off right in the middle of
> a match at the U.S. Open.
>

A friend of mine on the East Coast has spectrum and wants to know if
there’s anything he can do with a VPN or something to watch his sports?

Me, I’d love it if they dumped ESPN here since I have to pay $10 a month
for a channel I never watch.

--
The last thing I want to do is hurt you, but it is still on my list.

In article
<2017591571.715389311.853394.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com>,
anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:

> BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
> > In article <csu2fid047ejuope4pu0acj5j8ad31pnj7@4ax.com>,
> > shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On Thu, 31 Aug 2023 18:39:10 -0700, "Ian J. Ball" <ijball@mac.invalid>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> 30 minutes ago on turn on ESPN to be greeted with a Spectrum notice that
> >>> Disney cable channels are off Spectrum in another fee dispute.
> >>>
> >>> Checked Freeform - nope. Checked Disney Channel - nope.
> >>
> >> Yeah, I saw this last night being mentioned over on Twitter. Lot of
> >> people switching to Youtube TV according to the various tweets because
> >> yesterday was the opening day for college football with a couple of
> >> games going on.
> >
> > The girlfriend was furious. It literally cut off right in the middle of
> > a match at the U.S. Open.
> >
> A friend of mine on the East Coast has spectrum and wants to know if
> there's anything he can do with a VPN or something to watch his sports?
>
> Me, I'd love it if they dumped ESPN here since I have to pay $10 a month
> for a channel I never watch.

I only watch it during football season.

On 9/2/23 4:20 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:

> BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
>> In article <csu2fid047ejuope4pu0acj5j8ad31pnj7@4ax.com>,
>> shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
>>> On Thu, 31 Aug 2023 18:39:10 -0700, "Ian J. Ball" <ijball@mac.invalid>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> 30 minutes ago on turn on ESPN to be greeted with a Spectrum notice that
>>>> Disney cable channels are off Spectrum in another fee dispute.
>>>>
>>>> Checked Freeform - nope. Checked Disney Channel - nope.
>>>
>>> Yeah, I saw this last night being mentioned over on Twitter. Lot of
>>> people switching to Youtube TV according to the various tweets because
>>> yesterday was the opening day for college football with a couple of
>>> games going on.
>>
>> The girlfriend was furious. It literally cut off right in the middle of
>> a match at the U.S. Open.
>
> A friend of mine on the East Coast has spectrum and wants to know if
> there’s anything he can do with a VPN or something to watch his sports?
>
> Me, I’d love it if they dumped ESPN here since I have to pay $10 a month
> for a channel I never watch.

Peacock also has US Open matches. I dunno if they have all of them. But
they have some of them.

Not sure about ESPN+ - they might have them, but they might not.

In article
<2017591571.715389311.853394.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com>,
anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:

> BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
> > In article <csu2fid047ejuope4pu0acj5j8ad31pnj7@4ax.com>,
> > shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On Thu, 31 Aug 2023 18:39:10 -0700, "Ian J. Ball" <ijball@mac.invalid>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> 30 minutes ago on turn on ESPN to be greeted with a Spectrum notice that
> >>> Disney cable channels are off Spectrum in another fee dispute.
> >>>
> >>> Checked Freeform - nope. Checked Disney Channel - nope.
> >>
> >> Yeah, I saw this last night being mentioned over on Twitter. Lot of
> >> people switching to Youtube TV according to the various tweets because
> >> yesterday was the opening day for college football with a couple of
> >> games going on.
> >
> > The girlfriend was furious. It literally cut off right in the middle of
> > a match at the U.S. Open.
> >
>
> A friend of mine on the East Coast has spectrum and wants to know if
> there¹s anything he can do with a VPN or something to watch his sports?
>
> Me, I¹d love it if they dumped ESPN here since I have to pay $10 a month
> for a channel I never watch.

I never watch it, either, and I have to pay $14. What a con.

On 9/2/23 5:50 PM, Ian J. Ball wrote:

> On 9/2/23 4:20 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>> BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
>>> In article <csu2fid047ejuope4pu0acj5j8ad31pnj7@4ax.com>,
>>>   shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 31 Aug 2023 18:39:10 -0700, "Ian J. Ball" <ijball@mac.invalid>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> 30 minutes ago on turn on ESPN to be greeted with a Spectrum notice
>>>>> that Disney cable channels are off Spectrum in another fee dispute.
>>>>>
>>>>> Checked Freeform - nope. Checked Disney Channel - nope.
>>>>
>>>> Yeah, I saw this last night being mentioned over on Twitter. Lot of
>>>> people switching to Youtube TV according to the various tweets because
>>>> yesterday was the opening day for college football with a couple of
>>>> games going on.
>>>
>>> The girlfriend was furious. It literally cut off right in the middle of
>>> a match at the U.S. Open.
>>
>> A friend of mine on the East Coast has spectrum and wants to know if
>> there’s anything he can do with a VPN or something to watch his sports?
>>
>> Me, I’d love it if they dumped ESPN here since I have to pay $10 a month
>> for a channel I never watch.
>
> Peacock also has US Open matches.

Maybe not - I didn't notice any matches when I went into Peacock this
evening. (They might have only had "qualifying" matches before the
tournament.)

> I dunno if they have all of them. But
> they have some of them.
>
> Not sure about ESPN+ - they might have them, but they might not.

So it must have been Hulu where I've seen matches - ergo, ESPN+ must be
carrying some of them.

On 9/2/23 6:22 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
> In article
> <2017591571.715389311.853394.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com>,
> anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:
>
>> BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
>>> In article <csu2fid047ejuope4pu0acj5j8ad31pnj7@4ax.com>,
>>> shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Thu, 31 Aug 2023 18:39:10 -0700, "Ian J. Ball" <ijball@mac.invalid>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> 30 minutes ago on turn on ESPN to be greeted with a Spectrum notice that
>>>>> Disney cable channels are off Spectrum in another fee dispute.
>>>>>
>>>>> Checked Freeform - nope. Checked Disney Channel - nope.
>>>>
>>>> Yeah, I saw this last night being mentioned over on Twitter. Lot of
>>>> people switching to Youtube TV according to the various tweets because
>>>> yesterday was the opening day for college football with a couple of
>>>> games going on.
>>>
>>> The girlfriend was furious. It literally cut off right in the middle of
>>> a match at the U.S. Open.
>>>
>> A friend of mine on the East Coast has spectrum and wants to know if
>> there's anything he can do with a VPN or something to watch his sports?
>>
>> Me, I'd love it if they dumped ESPN here since I have to pay $10 a month
>> for a channel I never watch.
>
> I only watch it during football season.

HFTI--Holy fuck that's interesting.