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Why am I hearing that some of my Disney-owned TV channels, including ESPN, may go away?
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I understand Spectrum wants to protect rate hike due to the dispute. With that said, why would you choose to block the 3 biggest channels in college football. It makes no sense to me unless you blocked those channels to piss off your college football viewers. Makes me think about going with satellite. GET THIS RESOLVED!!
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It is funny how Spectrum is upset with Disney rating rates when Spectrum does it every year. I also find it amusing that Spectrum gives us links to complain to Disney. Where is the link to complain to Spectrum. I give Spectrum a week to fix this or I am moving to another streaming service. Ridiculous to lose sports channels when the US Open and football are in full swing.
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"As we work to resolve this programming dispute with Disney, our customers may now change their channel selections DAILY by simply visiting disneyespnfairdeal.com."
You probably got this email just like I did. And I went to change a channel selection BUT there is no way to do it on the hyperlinked page. So, along with the constantly pixelated low resolution TV signal, Spectrum has delivered another load of BS.
My current bill is within $2 of Youtube TV. Won't be long now and I'll be gone.
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Spectrum, please give us (TV subscribers) lower prices/credits ($15 more than one time) until this Disney conflict is resolved.
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Spectrum has a dispute with Disney, so we're not getting any Disney channels (for which we are still paying), and Spectrum's solution is to offer us a "special deal" on Fubo which will cost at least $56 per month. But I don't see anything about Spectrum reducing what we pay to Spectrum to offset what we would have to pay to Fubo.
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Exactly!!!
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This dispute is absolutely ridiculous. Two media titans arguing over money neither one of them needs, and who suffers? Not them, us.
Tell me, Spectrum, did you think I'd get mad at ESPN? Think again. I *already paid you* for ESPN this month, and you're holding it back. So, when are you going to refund me?
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Please don't give in to greedy Disney. And for those idiots blaming Spectrum, clearly you have never been in a high level negotiation meeting before.
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Guys,
I think Disney is to blame here more than Spectrum. For evidence, here is an article showing how the attendance at their theme parks has plummeted and all Disney cares about is profit. This is no longer "The Happiest Place on Earth." It's greed. The article makes some good points!
Satch
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I just received my next monthly bill. It is slightly higher than last month, and yet, I have no access to any of the Disney channels.
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Screw Disney. Don't give them an inch. They're a horribly run company and don't give a flip about their customers. Don't give in Spectrum!
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I can and will discontinue my Spectrum cable.
This was the last straw. Trying to figure out what streaming services I need to get what channels I need the I'll finally pull the plug. It's getting ridiculous.
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Hiw can I/we all be paying $271.00 monthly, with NO movie channels, and Spectrum and Disney cant figure how to split your riches??? So we lose our channels in the middle of a once a year tournament? Shame on you both. It is too timely to be anything but a ruse to raise the monthly rate even more. Again, SHAME ON YOU BOTH.
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Spectrum is ridiculous! If you lost Disney then you need something to replace it or reduce your pricing for consumers who are missing tons of programming. Spectrum holding consumers hostage… you have to have Spectrum to watch Dodgers baseball so you can’t drop them but if you want ESPN you have to add on another expensive streaming service from their “partner” Fubo. All of them are taking advantage of the consumer!
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Dear Spectrum,
Please spare us the propaganda. What you accuse Disney/ESPN of is exactly what you are doing.
Let your subscribers choose their channel lineup. You are paying for channels I have no interest in seeing and passing those costs on to me.
Your response to this dispute provides a link to a website which allows a complaint response ONLY to Disney and not Spectrum. So, you are not listening to your subscribers. SHAME.
Get your act together at Spectrum. Listen to your subscribers. Let us choose!
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Access to ESPN programming is one of the two reasons I subscribe to Spectrum TV. Now that I can no longer access ESPN, I am having a very hard time justifying the money I am paying to you guys for your streaming TV package. If you value your customers, you will find a way to get this programming back online... without increasing my cost. It is ridiculous that you cannot figure this out. And you want me to send a message to Disney??? Like that's really going to help. I will wait 2 weeks before I pull the plug... but if it isn't available by 9/17/23, you can color me "gone".
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Am I going to get a reduction in my bill now that I have far fewer channels to watch? Instead of trying to sell mobile plans (and sending mor junk mail) concentrate on your crappy service.
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I see a class action lawsuit brewing against Spectrum unless they reduce our bills or provide comparable service to access missing Disney content.
Why would anyone pay for Fubo and add cost?
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Really outrageous that the 1st eagerly awaited weekend of football was ruined by you SPECTRUM--not Disney, but you! Just unbelievable that you let 14 million plus subscribers lose ESPN and related networks! Get it together FAST--it has been an entire weekend of blacked out ESPN which is NOT acceptable, I have never considered opting for another cable company or DirectTV, but I certainly am now (and I'm betting thousands are feeling the same way)! You need to get ESPN back immediately!
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So we just received a $25 increase yet they now don't have Disney, ESPN, HGTV,TLC due to a dispute. I called and they gave me a ONE TIME credit of $15.00. If I want channels that have golf, football I can go to FUBO for $54.00 per month. Spectrum is running their customers out. Have been with them almost 17 years. Guess it's time to move providers. Oh wait, there is nothing. We are held in captive by Spectrum. Bad business, Bad customer service. Just crappy all around. Now what for us on social security. Start reading books by candlelight?
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The good news for me is that on Tuesday I’m cutting the cord and going with 100% streaming services for TV and movie entertainment. This will save me about $75 a month by my calculations. Thanks Spectrum for finally pushing me to do what I should’ve done a long time ago: cut the cord. Good luck with Disney…won’t affect me, but there are a lot of subscribers hoping you guys reach a settlement.
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We are paying for the Spectrum TV Select package which includes ABC, FX, FXX, Disney, Disney Junior, ESPN, ESPN, ESPN News, and others. Since these channels are no longer available under the plan for which we are paying, Spectrum is committing fraud by charging customers for a service for which they promised and are not delivering.
Channel lineup:
Demand a refund from Spectum!
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You should have received an email with the subject, " New Feature Just For You". If you did there is a link in it that says "Bookmark This Page", click on it and you will be taken to the page to edit the channels.
It works, I did it today.
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Spectrum needs to make sure Disneychannels,ESPN are continued without raising our rates. The executives with Disney and Spectrum are probably all millionaires.We are just regular folks that want to watch TV. Our cable bill is already outrageous. This is why so many people are dropping cable. Please work this out as quickly as possible.
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I did some research and it looks like to me that this is a fight between two giant corporate structures trying to see who will blink first. Both in the short and long terms, the customer loses. We lose the channels. We lose out on our money and value. And it's all so that these two money hungry companies can make more. It's terrible and I'm doing more research into changing platforms now. Spectrum lost my business.
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We all signed up for the packages that included all the Disney Channels affiliated with our Spectrum packages. Do we get a discount due to your inability to structure your corporate agreements properly? Your customers shouldn’t have to loose out based upon your peeing contest.
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My cable bill went up $12 last month and now all Disney channels are gone. I am a big tennis fan and was so looking forward to watching the US Tennis Open. To say I am pissed is an understatement. And to make matters worst Spectrum provided a link as an alternative to Fubo or YouTube but that requires a subscription fee to get those providers. Why would I pay double to watch the US Tennis Open when I already paid Spectrum? If Spectrum does not offer a refund for these lost programs then I am going with another provider. Not only will they lose me as a cable customer, they will also lose me as an Internet an phone customer was well.
I wish cable companies could offer an ala carte menu where you only pay for channels you actually watch or want. I have to pay for over 175 channels but only watch about 20 of them.
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Spot on. Spectrum is not providing access to all the channels in the package we pay for so they should provide a refund for every channel in the package that we cannot acceess.
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Since we no longer get the Disney channels will our bill be prorated, and will we be reimbursed the days we no longer get these channels?
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For those suggesting class-action, you should read the Terms of Service EVERYONE agreed to when their service began that limits us to binding arbitration or small claims court. https://www.spectrum.com/policies/residential-general-terms-and-conditions-of-service
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