Direct TV bought by AT&T.

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  1. EL PRESIDENTE

    EL PRESIDENTE Username Retired in Honor of Lanny.

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    This can only be bad.

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  2. EL PRESIDENTE

    EL PRESIDENTE Username Retired in Honor of Lanny.

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    If my bills start going up any more, national Blazer games be damned, I might pull the plug.
     
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    Wheels Is That A Challenge?!?!1! Staff Member Global Moderator

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    if it wasnt for Sports I would have pulled the plug on Dish a long time ago. Nowadays you can get almost everything even the next day online. Only live tv I watch is Timbers, Ducks, and Blazers.
     
  4. EL PRESIDENTE

    EL PRESIDENTE Username Retired in Honor of Lanny.

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    yeah. I mean, if I wasn't able to watch these playoffs, I'd be kicking myself in the balls. They were worth the shitload of money I paid for it i guess.
     
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    Would this mean we could get DirecTV without a dish?
     
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    Wheels Is That A Challenge?!?!1! Staff Member Global Moderator

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    League Pass not an option? I dont even know why I include the Blazers in my live TV watching. Only get about 10-15 games a year.
     
  7. EL PRESIDENTE

    EL PRESIDENTE Username Retired in Honor of Lanny.

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    no league pass for playoffs. TNT and ESPN. If I went to a sports bar in LA, chances are they are playing Hockey.
     
  8. EL PRESIDENTE

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    don't even get me started about ESPN2. :MARIS61:

    Plus all the NBA TV games would be blacked out. Probably watched 80% of the Blazers games this year, so it was worth it.
     
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    Wheels Is That A Challenge?!?!1! Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Gotcha. Totally spaced that.
     
  10. PDXFonz

    PDXFonz I’m listening

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    Sweet, more opportunity for money to be siphoned into direct tv while it remains unable to gain any control in the market. While AT&T was working on a buyout the xfinity CEOs were standing there like.


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    Pretty sure Xfinity will be our healthcare provider in 10 years, because apparently our antitrust laws don't mean jack shit...

    Net neutrality has got me all pissed off...
     
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    BoBoBREWSKI BURP!

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    I read an article that said this merge could help bring the Pac 12 Network to Direct TV sooner.
     

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