Dish vs Comcast on-demand?

[Rooskibar03]

Is dish carrying Al Jazera? That's my main motivation for dropping comcast.

[BigNick73]

Is dish carrying Al Jazera? That's my main motivation for dropping comcast.

Channel 215

You can always stream it via a computer or roku box as well.

[james_bond_007]

Is dish carrying Al Jazera? That's my main motivation for dropping comcast.

"My father taught me many things here — he taught me in this room. He taught me — keep your friends close but your enemies closer." - Michael Corleone,The Godfather Part II


It is never a bad idea to keep an eye on what your enemies are doing and saying...
..but I DO understand why you don't want to pay (i.e. support them) for that channel.

On the other hand, not much different than all the other 100's of channels of crap that you pay for and will never watch.

As an exercise, look at the channel listing you receive, and rank them :
-1 = channels I DO NOT ever watch
+1 = channels you want occassionally
+2 = channels you watch consistently

Add them up and see if you end up with a POSITIVE number ...

I did not .

[Rooskibar03]

I'm ok with points of view being shown that I don't agree with, but at the same time offer things I do agree with. To offer a channel like AJ and not something like The Blaze shows your bias.

"My father taught me many things here — he taught me in this room. He taught me — keep your friends close but your enemies closer." - Michael Corleone,The Godfather Part II


It is never a bad idea to keep an eye on what your enemies are doing and saying...
..but I DO understand why you don't want to pay (i.e. support them) for that channel.

On the other hand, not much different than all the other 100's of channels of crap that you pay for and will never watch.

As an exercise, look at the channel listing you receive, and rank them :
-1 = channels I DO NOT ever watch
+1 = channels you want occassionally
+2 = channels you watch consistently

Add them up and see if you end up with a POSITIVE number ...

I did not .

[Zundfolge]

I'm ok with points of view being shown that I don't agree with, but at the same time offer things I do agree with. To offer a channel like AJ and not something like The Blaze shows your bias.

The big question is if AJ didn't buy CurrentTV because CurrentTV already had contracts in force with the cable and satellite providers, just how many of these cable and satellite providers would still be picking up AJ? That will show the true biases.

The dumb thing is that these cable/sat companies could pick up The Blaze along with AJ and most people would shut up about it (and then the cable/sat companies would end up making more money than they'll lose with AJ alone).

[Rooskibar03]

I don't know all the numbers but I do know that Comcast didn't offer Current but jumped to carry AJ. The CEO of Comcast is also a giant Liberal and has audiences with his Highness in the White House (golf corse actually) on a regular basis.

The big question is if AJ didn't buy CurrentTV because CurrentTV already had contracts in force with the cable and satellite providers, just how many of these cable and satellite providers would still be picking up AJ? That will show the true biases.

The dumb thing is that these cable/sat companies could pick up The Blaze along with AJ and most people would shut up about it (and then the cable/sat companies would end up making more money than they'll lose with AJ alone).

[james_bond_007]

I'm ok with points of view being shown that I don't agree with, but at the same time offer things I do agree with. To offer a channel like AJ and not something like The Blaze shows your bias.

I tried to make 2 points ...

1) Maybe it's not a bad idea to see how AJ is representing the News
2) I have to buy too many "CRAP" channels just to get the ones I want; I'll just not watch any channels (AJ) that I don't like.

I didn't even consider having AJ vs not having something else (i.e the Blaze) as a "political statement/stance/position".
I figured it was mostly a "business" thing to attract more viewers...and $$$.
Thanks for pointing that out to me ...