Tuesday, February 19, 2013

These retrans disputes are so confusing. I've asked Sinclair and the NAB for help!

Another day, another retrans dispute using customers as pawns in the chess game played by corporate conglomerates.  Since these retrans disputes are so confusing, I've reached out to Sinclair and NAB and asked them for their assistance.  I really hope they help me!

I need some assistance from you in determining which cable provider to use. You see, in August 2012 Sinclair indicated that I should switch from Dish Network because they were treating you bad. Since there is nothing more important in my life than the Fox programming that Sinclair provides, I listened! Thanks for being my guiding light. I switched from Dish Network that day and went to DirecTV, because in August 2012 they were apparently being nice to you. But now I read in February 2013 that DirecTV isn't being nice to you anymore. That stinks because I just switched to them 6 months ago when they were being nice to you and Dish wasn't. But hey, I guess it is cool that Dish is being nice to you again now. I'm glad you guys made up in these last 6 months because things seemed really bad in August 2012 between you two.

But now I am so confused!  I am just not sure who to switch to now. Can you please tell me who is being nice to you so that I can switch to them? I also have an option of Mediacom in my area.  But I read that in 2006 AND 2009 they weren't being nice to you either. That agreement will probably be up soon and I am afraid that when it is up THEY won't be nice to you either. This is all so confusing. I don't have access to Suddenlink, Time Warner or Comcast, but even if I did I probably shouldn't pick them either because I've read that none of them were nice to you in 2006, 2007 and 2010. Darn it all.  All of these providers are so mean to you guys. I just don't understand it. And it is so confusing to me because I just don't know who to select as my provider now. It is clear to me that since you have been involved in at least 8 retrans disputes in 6 years that the providers must be colluding against you. Clearly all of those companies are bad and you guys are good. I just need some help from you to determine which of those companies are "less bad" so that I can watch TV. Thanks Sinclair. You guys are awesome!