Time Warner customers may lose TV Land

[PrettySquareGal]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081231/ap_on_bi_ge/viacom_time_warner_cable

 

[Nathan Dodge]

That's no big loss. Unless one's idea of "classic TV" includes that day laborer from Trading Spaces, Gen X "reunion" shows featuring middle-aged teenagers still unable to cope with the "wrong" done them at the 1988 prom, and edited, time-compressed movies so bad that you wouldn't wish them on your worst enemy.

Thank goodness for DVDs.

 

[PrettySquareGal]

That's no big loss. Unless one's idea of "classic TV" includes that day laborer from Trading Spaces, Gen X "reunion" shows featuring middle-aged teenagers still unable to cope with the "wrong" done them at the 1988 prom, and edited, time-compressed movies so bad that you wouldn't wish them on your worst enemy.

Thank goodness for DVDs.

I watch Andy Griffith and I Love Lucy on it. I can't afford to buy all of the DVDs just yet. I agree it isn't what it used to be, but right now, it's all I've got for two of my favs!

 

[ScionPI2005]

I haven't watched TV Land in a long time, but my first impression is that this would be a loss. Like others, I do have a decent collection of some classic shows on DVD, but sometimes TV Land and other channels have provided access to other shows that myself, and others, may not be familiar with.

 

[Brian Sheridan]

Crisis averted.

 

[just_me]

That's no big loss. Unless one's idea of "classic TV" includes that day laborer from Trading Spaces, Gen X "reunion" shows featuring middle-aged teenagers still unable to cope with the "wrong" done them at the 1988 prom, and edited, time-compressed movies so bad that you wouldn't wish them on your worst enemy.

Thank goodness for DVDs.

TV Land is one of my favorite channels. I watch Lucy, Andy, MASH, and several other shows. I'd be really pissed off if it was dropped. (I have Direct TV, so it's not a problem.)

 

[Flivver]

I don't subscribe to cable so I use the money I save to buy DVDs of my favorite golden era TV shows. Prices of TV DVDs have come way down recently, so I'm able to buy 2 or 3 season DVDs per month on what I save by not having cable.

I get my TV from a rooftop antenna through a DTV converter box to my analog TV. I get 28 DTV channels free of charge here in Central Mass.

If you're in an area with many local stations, over-the-air DTV is a great way to go. Unlike with analog TV, there's no more snow or interferance with digital. You get a perfect picture or nothing.

 

[I'mSuzyParker]

Pretty Square Girl - I believe I Love Lucy is heading over to the Hallmark Channel starting tomorrow. Scuttlebutt on TVLand is that they are dropping it. Not sure. Oh well, the only thing I watch on TVLand now is the Andy Griffith Show.. their shows sure have changed in the past 10 years : (

 

[Heather]

I can remember when TV Land first premiered. It definitely isn't what it used to be! That channel is what introduced me to Petticoat Junction!

 

[PrettySquareGal]

My ultimate goal is to own all of the sitcoms on DVD. So far I have (of seasons released) Ozzie & Harriet, Donna Read, Leave it to Beaver, Father Knows Best. I have loads more I want to add. Then, I want to get a 50's TV and rig it to the DVD player....if possible.....?

 

[I'mSuzyParker]

Those were the days! My Three Sons, the Junction, Family Affair, Green Acres, Mr. Ed, Dick van Dyke Show....

Today they are running a "Jan" marathon of the Brady Bunch..

 

[Flivver]

My ultimate goal is to own all of the sitcoms on DVD. So far I have (of seasons released) Ozzie & Harriet, Donna Read, Leave it to Beaver, Father Knows Best. I have loads more I want to add. Then, I want to get a 50's TV and rig it to the DVD player....if possible.....?

It should be no problem watching DVDs on a 1950s TV. Some of those inexpensive VHS/DVD players that are currently available can send the DVD signal in via the antenna connections on the TV over channel 3 or 4.

If your DVD player works only with video/audio-in jacks on the TV, those can be easily added to any vintage TV if you have the circuit diagram (readily available).

 

[PrettySquareGal]

It should be no problem watching DVDs on a 1950s TV. Some of those inexpensive VHS/DVD players that are currently available can send the DVD signal in via the antenna connections on the TV over channel 3 or 4.

If your DVD player works only with video/audio-in jacks on the TV, those can be easily added to any vintage TV if you have the circuit diagram (readily available).

Good to know!!

 

[funneman]

Midnight Deal Struck, Time Warner Subscribers Still Get Their MTV

Don't be fooled, the kid plays hard ball for money...
TIME WARNER CABLE subscribers rang in the new year still being able to watch MTV, VH1 and all VIACOM content, as the cable system reached a deal not long after a midnight deadline set LAST NIGHT (12/31) to continue carriage. The deal's terms were not disclosed, the AP reports, and details still must still be finalized.

The two sides quarreled over proposed fee hikes, prompting VIACOM to set a deadline that would have cut off shows such as "The Daily Show" and "The Hills" to about 15.7 million subscribers in NEW YORK STATE, THE CAROLINAS, OHIO, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA and TEXAS, as well as customers of BRIGHT HOUSE NETWORKS in MICHIGAN, INDIANA, CALIFORNIA, ALABAMA and FLORIDA.

"We are pleased that our customers will continue to be able to watch the customers will continue to be able to watch the programming they enjoy on MTV Networks," TIME WARNER CABLE CEO/Pres. GLENN BRITT said. "We are sorry they had to endure a day of public disagreement as we worked through this negotiation."

Dora Turns The Screws

VIACOM, which stated that it, too, was pleased with the deal, nevertheless turned the screws on TW CABLE by mounting a last-minute ad campaign in major newspapers and websites from THE NEW YORK TIMES and TVGUIDE.COM, featuring a tearful DORA THE EXPLORER crying and clinging to her monkey pal, BOOTS. "Why is DORA crying?" the ad read. "Tonight you will lose NICKELODEON and 18 other channels from your TV." It then prompted people to call their cable company to complain.

Now, of course, they won't call back to complain ... unless, perhaps, TW CABLE decides to pass along the rate hike.

 

[ScionPI2005]

This may not be the best thread to bring this up in, but...

Speaking of old time television shows, I still find it curious as to how the original Dennis the Menace has disappeared from being aired on any channels, or at least none that I know of. Has anyone else noticed this? I'm not a historian of old television shows by any means, but it seems like TV Land broadcasts so many old shows, but NEVER Dennis the Menace; it has been years since I've seen that show.

Does anyone else know why this is? Who currently owns the rights to that show?

 

[Heather]

Oh my gosh, it has disappeared!! Curious...

 

[ScionPI2005]

All I know is I haven't seen that show for probably at least ten years. I think it used to air on Nickelodeon, or Nick. I don't even think TV Land was around yet at that time. I do miss that show. I hope that someone here has an idea as to what happened to it.

Oh my gosh, it has disappeared!! Curious...

 

[Mike in Seattle]

It should be no problem watching DVDs on a 1950s TV. Some of those inexpensive VHS/DVD players that are currently available can send the DVD signal in via the antenna connections on the TV over channel 3 or 4.

If your DVD player works only with video/audio-in jacks on the TV, those can be easily added to any vintage TV if you have the circuit diagram (readily available).

Radio Shack and the like have "converters" to change signals from a coax cable (from the VCR/DVD) into antenna leads for older televisions.

 

[Tomasso]

Classic Sumner Redstone (Viacom Chair); when he cuts himself a good deal you never hear a peep; When he's engaged in troublesome negotiations he turns his PR machine on the other side; When he loses a valuable asset he spins it around to play that he was merely discarding rubbish, as in the Tom Cruise/Paramount fiasco. He reminds one of Trump.