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KurtNYC

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18. ** UPDATE ** Contract expired at midnight and TWC is off of DirecTV

Reply to KurtNYC (Original post)

Tue Jan 14, 2014, 10:38 AM

Jan 2014

The Weather Channel went public on Friday with the campaign against DirecTV. The company said its anti-DirecTV Web site has received more than 700,000 page views and generated about 150,000 phone calls to DirecTV's phone banks.

While York disagreed with the claims put forward by the Weather Channel about possibly depriving viewers of emergency information, he acknowledged this: he has never seen a marketing campaign like it.

http://money.cnn.com/2014/01/13/news/companies/weather-channel-directv/

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Weather Channel unleashes more self-aggrandizing hyperbole in fight with cable network [View all] KurtNYC Jan 2014 OP

DirecTV has Weather Nation ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jan 2014 #1

The slow evolution of TWC's website into some weird "Weekly World News" hybrid bullwinkle428 Jan 2014 #2

I agree completely Renew Deal Jan 2014 #5

Weather Channel was one of the Time-Warner channel that required 'special digital equipment' HereSince1628 Jan 2014 #3

Barely even knew it was there. MuseRider Jan 2014 #4

Had a job answering phones for a millionaire guy once KurtNYC Jan 2014 #6

:-) n/t MuseRider Jan 2014 #16

TWC's content comes from NOAA underpants Jan 2014 #8

I will stick with my local MuseRider Jan 2014 #17

New Owners johnsolaris Jan 2014 #7

Since 2008, TWC is owned jointly by NBC-Universal, Blackstone and Bain KurtNYC Jan 2014 #10

And who owns NBC/Universal? DJ13 Jan 2014 #11

I have never once watched The Weather Channel during severe storms in my area. Vashta Nerada Jan 2014 #9

"Does satellite tv even work during severe storms???" ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jan 2014 #14

I click weather on my phone and it tells me for the day and the week what to expect. glowing Jan 2014 #12

TWC is a useless waste of time AFAIC lpbk2713 Jan 2014 #13

TWC can take a hike TroglodyteScholar Jan 2014 #15

** UPDATE ** Contract expired at midnight and TWC is off of DirecTV KurtNYC Jan 2014 #18