Monday, July 22, 2019

Direct TV and CBS

Direct TV subscribers (like me) are no longer receiving CBS because of some dispute between the two mega corporations.

It appears to have reached a stalemate as, effective last Saturday, it's down.

I am not happy because I missed my favorite show:  CBS Sunday Morning...and 60 Minutes.

What to do. What to do.

After tinkering with it, I discovered that I can view both show -- 24 hours later.  And I can livestream the local news and CBS This Morning.

I'm hoping this will be resolved as I enjoy the CBS perspective and include CBS in my news watching.

I've heard that CBS wants to force viewers to pay a subscriber fee and that the stalemate is rooted in greed.  This appears to be an overreach as CBS local's ratings are in the toilet and the newest face of CBS News- Norah O'Donnell -- has not been received well, as evidenced by the plummeting ratings.  Even CBS This Morning has the lowest ratings when compared to the other network's ratings.

So, this doesn't help CBS.  If advertisers are not able to get viewer eyeballs this could end the impasse.

I hope so.



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