Comments on: Right Now In The People’s Republic Of Comcast: Things We Want To Ask The Machine, If Only It Had An Intellect Or A Soul http://www.philebrity.com/2009/12/02/right-now-in-the-peoples-republic-of-comcast-things-we-want-to-ask-the-machine-if-only-it-had-an-intellect-or-a-soul/ philly's longest-standing cityblog Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:04:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: luttonhttp://www.philebrity.com/2009/12/02/right-now-in-the-peoples-republic-of-comcast-things-we-want-to-ask-the-machine-if-only-it-had-an-intellect-or-a-soul/comment-page-1/#comment-16583 lutton Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:02:15 +0000 http://www.philebrity.com/?p=29169#comment-16583 Flying under the radar regarding Versus is Comcast's current pissing match with DirecTV, which has led to Versus getting yanked from their lineup by DirecTV. Although nominally a dispute about per-subscriber pay rates, the --issue has echos of the whole CSN Philly-isn't-on-satellite issue.To further cloud the issue is a recent ownership change which added to DirecTV's corporate arsenal at least three "Fox Sports Net" channels, including the Pittsburgh outlet. While still brandishing the on-air FSN name and logos, these new DirecTV Sports Nets may become leverage in the Comcast/DirecTV battles.Hell, if it wasn't for local sports, I'd pretty much be done with subscription TV anyway. Even my "Good Eats" addiction has ebbed lately. Flying under the radar regarding Versus is Comcast’s current pissing match with DirecTV, which has led to Versus getting yanked from their lineup by DirecTV. Although nominally a dispute about per-subscriber pay rates, the –issue has echos of the whole CSN Philly-isn’t-on-satellite issue.

To further cloud the issue is a recent ownership change which added to DirecTV’s corporate arsenal at least three “Fox Sports Net” channels, including the Pittsburgh outlet. While still brandishing the on-air FSN name and logos, these new DirecTV Sports Nets may become leverage in the Comcast/DirecTV battles.

Hell, if it wasn’t for local sports, I’d pretty much be done with subscription TV anyway. Even my “Good Eats” addiction has ebbed lately.

]]> By: jimhttp://www.philebrity.com/2009/12/02/right-now-in-the-peoples-republic-of-comcast-things-we-want-to-ask-the-machine-if-only-it-had-an-intellect-or-a-soul/comment-page-1/#comment-16579 jim Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:13:12 +0000 http://www.philebrity.com/?p=29169#comment-16579 dont forget about Comcasts recent hate on Philly getting some Broadband Stimulus money http://technicallyphilly.com/2009/12/01/comcast-comments-could-hurt-city-broadband-stimulus-planstotal buzzkill dont forget about Comcasts recent hate on Philly getting some Broadband Stimulus money
http://technicallyphilly.com/2009/12/01/comcast-comments-could-hurt-city-broadband-stimulus-plans

total buzzkill

]]> By: tipshttp://www.philebrity.com/2009/12/02/right-now-in-the-peoples-republic-of-comcast-things-we-want-to-ask-the-machine-if-only-it-had-an-intellect-or-a-soul/comment-page-1/#comment-16575 tips Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:01:19 +0000 http://www.philebrity.com/?p=29169#comment-16575 Kind of like how you do, expat! Kind of like how you do, expat!

]]> By: expat attackhttp://www.philebrity.com/2009/12/02/right-now-in-the-peoples-republic-of-comcast-things-we-want-to-ask-the-machine-if-only-it-had-an-intellect-or-a-soul/comment-page-1/#comment-16574 expat attack Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:51:34 +0000 http://www.philebrity.com/?p=29169#comment-16574 The coolest upside I can think of right away is how many times 30 Rock will visit Philly to make fun of/love it. The coolest upside I can think of right away is how many times 30 Rock will visit Philly to make fun of/love it.

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