The Zombies are in NY and it's all DISH networks fault!

[Mr 9.8]

Run for yer lives!

 

 

I love the reactions on some of those faces.

 

Big fight between Dish and AMC http://www.bleedingcool.com/2012/07/31/the-walking-dead-is-taken-off-american-tvs-zombies-attack-new-york-in-protest/

 

 

[Mr 9.8]

Here’s AMC’s official statement, taken from the Put Zombies Back On TV site:

 

Did you know that AMC just received the most Emmy nominations of any basic cable channel? 34 nominations for shows like “Breaking Bad”, “Mad Men”, “The Walking Dead” and “Hell on Wheels”. Yet despite the popularity and demand for these shows, DISH continues to black out AMC, IFC, WE tv, and Sundance Channel. To add insult to injury, DISH continues to charge you for them; you just no longer receive them.

 

DISH’s decision to drop AMC, WEtv, IFC and Sundance Channel had nothing to do with our fees, or our shows. In fact, unlike almost every other dispute you see between providers and programmers, and despite DISH’s misleading claims to the contrary, this is not about fees.

 

The simple truth is that DISH is using their consumers as pawns to attempt to gain leverage in a lawsuit involving an old and unrelated business venture that has nothing to do with AMC, nothing to do with our shows or fees, and certainly nothing to do with DISH subscribers, who just want to watch the shows they love and are paying DISH for. You will not see any AMC Networks’ shows on DISH any time soon.

 

In other words, since DISH’s reason for depriving you of AMC programming is based on a lawsuit that won’t be resolved for a long time, this problem won’t be solved shortly, unlike other disputes between programmers and providers, which typically are resolved in a matter of days (weeks at most).

 

If you want to watch “Breaking Bad”,” Hell on Wheels”, “The Walking Dead”, and “Mad Men”, you will have to switch TV providers. We can help you do that. The good news is, every other cable, phone and satellite company — except DISH — carries AMC in their basic package. Many providers are offering special incentives for people to switch.

 

Call now at 1-855-2-DROP-DISH (1-855-237-6734) and let us help you gain access to the shows your friends and neighbors are watching.

 

We can help you regain access to AMC, IFC, Sundance Channel and WE tv by calling the above number, visiting www.switchfromdish.com or contacting us on Twitter @AMC_Assist.

 

Thank you for your support of our shows and our networks. We want you to be able to watch the TV you love, and we’ll do whatever we can to help make that possible.

 

Sincerely,

 

AMC Networks

[The Troll King]

I don't watch their channels anyway ever since they stopped showing movies and added commercials to the ones they do show.

 

As far as The Walking Dead is concerned I'm fine with watching it on disk when the seasons get released.

 

I am still disappointed that Dish dropped MonstersHD and the other Zoom Network channels but such is life.

[Buzzetta]

Ride the L train from Williamsburg to Manhattan

 

You see things like this and Zombies no longer faze you.

 

 

 

 

[DiceX]

 

 

Black Hand?

 

 

[The Troll King]

AMC is $2 billion dollars in debt. They should just syndicate The Walking Dead and other original shows out to other networks and then toss in the towel on their own stations.

 

$2 billion is a heck of a lot of money and 3 TV shows can't cover that kind of debt without syndication money.

[Mr 9.8]

AMC is $2 billion dollars in debt. They should just syndicate The Walking Dead and other original shows out to other networks and then toss in the towel on their own stations.

 

$2 billion is a heck of a lot of money and 3 TV shows can't cover that kind of debt without syndication money.

Seriously?

2 Billion? Where did you see that?

[The Troll King]

AMC is $2 billion dollars in debt. They should just syndicate The Walking Dead and other original shows out to other networks and then toss in the towel on their own stations.

 

$2 billion is a heck of a lot of money and 3 TV shows can't cover that kind of debt without syndication money.

Seriously?

2 Billion? Where did you see that?

 

They are $2 billion in debt and are suing Dish for $2.5 billion over the Voom channels (which I incorrectly called Zoom earlier)

 

 

Any Dish blackout of AMC, regardless of its motivations, hurts AMC significantly more than it does Dish. Without access to Dish's 14 million subscribers, AMC ratings and ad revenue will drop, weakening a company already struggling with net debt of over $2 billion.

 

CNN money site.

http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2012/07/30/dish-networks-vs-amc/

 

AMC is treading on thin ice. They may win the suit but the damages won't be what they want. The problem is that Dish will just charge customers for those channels to offset them. 3 shows do not a tier 1 channel make. HBO, Showtime, etc. are tier 1 and AMC wants tier 1 money.

 

I'd rather lose 3 channels and pay the same amount rather than losing 17 like DirecTV just did with the Viacom deal (which includes Comedy Central, Nick, MTV, VH1, Spike, etc) and have to pay the same amount.

 

 

[The Troll King]

26 channels total if you include the HD ones as separate.

[Buzzetta]

 

 

Black Hand?

 

Every day is a circus around here.

 

You should see my facebook album. I have better pics in there. One of my personal favorites was this girl that was standing around on the street by the subway wearing saran wrap and tin foil. I went up to take her picture. She asked please do not take my picture. I politely told her that she was the one that woke up and decided to wear tin foil and saran wrap by the public subway.

 

[DeadpoolJr.]

Best prank ever, but what to do if they were real zombies and everybody just continued to walk by as they did

[Marvelfangirl]

Best prank ever, but what to do if they were real zombies and everybody just continued to walk by as they did

Blame it on DISH Network

[Not*Sure*]

I like the anti Westboro Baptist Zombie protesters I think I want to join forces if those ever try to protest anything around here of course we have the patriot guard but heck a few zombies couldn't hurtto shelter families from the wackadoos

[Buzzetta]

I like the anti Westboro Baptist Zombie protesters I think I want to join forces if those ever try to protest anything around here of course we have the patriot guard but heck a few zombies couldn't hurtto shelter families from the wackadoos

 

I saw that on the news. That was hysterical.

[oakman29]

Thank God Directv got all the channels back.I would of hated to miss The Walking Dead.

[yellow954]

 

 

Black Hand?

 

Every day is a circus around here.

 

You should see my facebook album. I have better pics in there. One of my personal favorites was this girl that was standing around on the street by the subway wearing saran wrap and tin foil. I went up to take her picture. She asked please do not take my picture. I politely told her that she was the one that woke up and decided to wear tin foil and saran wrap by the public subway.

 

 

You seriously took her picture after she told you not to? wtf is wrong with you?

[Buzzetta]

 

 

Black Hand?

 

Every day is a circus around here.

 

You should see my facebook album. I have better pics in there. One of my personal favorites was this girl that was standing around on the street by the subway wearing saran wrap and tin foil. I went up to take her picture. She asked please do not take my picture. I politely told her that she was the one that woke up and decided to wear tin foil and saran wrap by the public subway.

 

 

You seriously took her picture after she told you not to? wtf is wrong with you?

 

 

 

Around here we regard the hipsters as an infestation - anything to make them upset is fine by us. Her boyfriend attracted the attention originally by dancing around people as they walked.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[The Troll King]

 

 

Black Hand?

 

Every day is a circus around here.

 

You should see my facebook album. I have better pics in there. One of my personal favorites was this girl that was standing around on the street by the subway wearing saran wrap and tin foil. I went up to take her picture. She asked please do not take my picture. I politely told her that she was the one that woke up and decided to wear tin foil and saran wrap by the public subway.

 

 

You seriously took her picture after she told you not to? wtf is wrong with you?

 

It's a public street. He can take picture of anyone he wants to.

[DeadpoolJr.]

Hipsters= Modern day hippies, how can you not get annoyed by them?

[aggr1103]

I miss Dish's DVR, but the amount of money I'm saving with the same channels on Time Warner now makes up for the loss of superior DVR.