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PlayStation Vue axing Viacom networks on Nov 11th, adding BBCA, VICE, and more
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thepenguin55
Member
Wow, so literally the only thing I personally will need a solution for is watching South Park. What a fucking cesspool of networks that Viacom owns.
I will gladly take Viceland over every single one of those channels.
I will gladly take Viceland over every single one of those channels.
I can sit down and watch Cops all day....shit is hilarious.
Glad I cancelled vue and went with a no contract comcast $69 intenet and tv package. $10 for the HD and free dvr and showtime. I was kind of confused by the deal, it was on their site as a 12 mos deal with no term agreement, I checked with a chat rep and called them and both said yeah there's no term agreement on that one you can cancel any time. You will lose the promo price in 12 mos, but hopefully I can get on another promo or I'll just switch to century link fiber and prism tv.
The main thing that sucks about comcast and century Link is having to deal with returning equipment and negotiaiting promo pricing.
The main thing that sucks about comcast and century Link is having to deal with returning equipment and negotiaiting promo pricing.
I think that's only for new subscribers though right? I thought about that myself...but didn't want to use up my new subscriber benefits just yet!!
I see why I DONT WATCH ANYTHING on there but Comedy Central.
A lot of those channels are trash and they probally looked at how many people actually watched the channels and saw it wasnt worth it to keep it.
A lot of those channels are trash and they probally looked at how many people actually watched the channels and saw it wasnt worth it to keep it.
It sounds like Sony is trying to cater more to their millennial aged male audience by adding channels such as BBC America, Vice and NBA TV. While the majority of Playstation Vue users are likely adult males, they may not have put enough weight on those users wives, girlfriends and children who watch the Viacom channels.
Yeah I think so, I have had comcast before but not for a few years so I guess they were cool with it
CartridgeBlower
Member
Getting NBA TV miiiiight get me not to cancel. We shall see.
Horsemama1956
Member
Tal Shiar Agent
Member
I wish that Nickelodeon could get out from underneath Viacom already. Beyond shit like this Viacom has actively stuck it's fingers into internal Nick decisions resulting in crap.
SlipperyFishes
Banned
That's the same language they used for EA Access in saying "it doesn't provide value"
Sadface
Sadface
Why? None of those channels sound essential other than maybe Comedy Central.
Jeronimo Jones
Member
I'm not mad about the channels lost per se, but that loss cuts a big chunk of the available lineup and by a lot more than the few channels they added to make up the difference.
I'm happy about NBATV though.
I'm happy about NBATV though.
bitesnintendog
Member
They just lost 1/5 of their channels from their 30 dollar package.
They would be smart to restructure their channel offerings and probably collapse the highest tier in to the sports mid tier. Even though its a better service than sling, their channel offerings look about even and that's now a cheaper option.
They would be smart to restructure their channel offerings and probably collapse the highest tier in to the sports mid tier. Even though its a better service than sling, their channel offerings look about even and that's now a cheaper option.
I think people are confusing a list of all Viacom channels from Wikipedia with the channels Vue is actually losing... I have the middle tier of Vue and I'm pretty certain that they did not have at least half those channels on the list in the first place. They're not losing 25 channels like it looks like on that list.
That said it'll be a bummer to lose Comedy Central (Broad City, South Park, Workaholics) and Nick (late night episodes of Friends when nothing else is on). I have a Hulu sub though so I should be good on most Comedy Central stuff...
That said it'll be a bummer to lose Comedy Central (Broad City, South Park, Workaholics) and Nick (late night episodes of Friends when nothing else is on). I have a Hulu sub though so I should be good on most Comedy Central stuff...
Marty Chinn
Member
Nickelodeon is pretty essential in my eyes.
Pai Pai Master
Banned
Dammit, was about to sign up for Vue this month but I need Comedy Central to survive
SerOnionKnight
Neo Member
Suddenlink dropped Viacom some time ago due to price hikes
YuriLowell
Member
Wait when is Hulu getting live TV?
Yeah viacom is one of the weaker content providers but they don't get it, you can just get hulu and you wont miss much if anything.
2017Q1 i think, more expensive tho.
Directv is end of this year?
But I don't think either have shown their channel line up, for me local channels is a must.
Marty Chinn
Member
I just counted, they lost at least 21 channels that were on Vue. So that's pretty close to the 25, and maybe they got even closer if I miscounted.
Edit:
Here's what's leaving Vue
BET
BET Gospel
BET Jams
BET Soul
Centric
CMT
CMT Music
Comedy Central
Logo
MTV
MTV Live
MTV2
MTV U
Nick Jr
Nick Music
Nickelodeon
Nick Tunes
Spike
Teen Nick
TV Land
VH1
Make that 22, I missed one.
bitesnintendog
Member
11 of which are on the cheapest package.
Outside of comedy central, which has gone way down hill anyway, i cant seem to be to broken up about this, will replace with hbo and showtime, still cheaper than cable
Adding bbc america for last seasons of orphan black and catch up on dr who before new season is cool too
Ummm excuse me? BET has the best lineup of channels of all time. ALL TIME!
DaveTheSnake
Member
That is a lot of channels. Lose 22, gain 3-5. That's not good for Vue. Hopefully something gets solved here.
thats a lot of shitty channels tho
Fantastical
Death Prophet
Losing CC is pretty big
ShutterMunster
Junior Member
This is awful. It's not a big loss to me but others in my household who use the service (on my acct) will definitely be upset. That's a ton of content to 86.
Ugh...Apple get your damn head in the game.
Ugh...Apple get your damn head in the game.
Yup definitely done then. Kinda sad and upset since the price has been pretty decent and I ended up going and spending a good amount of money just on streaming boxes and an HD Antenna for the Vue service, not realizing that they would just be losing a huge amount of channels like this out of nowhere. If I was soon I'd do something about this, cause they are probably about to lose a crap load of subscribers...
ShutterMunster
Junior Member
This too.
They also haven't said if you'll be able to have a PS4 Pro and a PS4 utilizing VUE on the same network. I'm desperately hoping that's a yes because PS3 Vue performance is still abysmal.
Hero Prinny
Member
oh wow i was actually thinking of getting vue once my 2 yr contract is up, was going to axe cable and get this, but no comedy central = no buy.
I don't see why not, its a "different" console to the PS4.
The Auxiliary
Member
I like the BBC America addition, since I was wondering where the hell I'd be ablessed to watch the new seasons of Doctor Who in a few months.
If that's true and they at least match what PS Vue has at the moment, then I'm game.
FinaruDensetsu
Member
That sucks but luckily I've never watched any of those channels.