Direct TV took off Versus Channel because they think it is an "infomercial" channel! - What is Fox?

Direct TV just took off the Versus Channel because they think it is a "infomercial" channel - really?

http://versus1.viewerlink.tv /

What the Hell is Fox News but a "infomercial" channel for the Repub's Big Donors and their Billionaire owner?

Hmmmmmmmmm -

This Bill Moyers report says it ALL from 2007!

http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/06292007/watch4.html

Why hasn't Direct TV taken it off the air too? CNN has got it right for once!

:argh:

I read that somewhere.

http://versus1.viewerlink.tv/

Quote:

"DirecTV has openly insulted our passionate sports fans and viewers by calling VERSUS “an infomercial network.”"

Putzes. I hate everything about Murdoch.

Some freeper somewhere I am sure says "Obama said he is a Muslim". I don't put much faith in it without a press release from whitehouse.

This is greed by comcast and has nothing to do with infomercials. Comcast demanded terms that no other provider on the planet would agree to. They simply wanted to extract even more money from DirecTV. If you are upset contact Comcast.
http://www.directv.com/DTVAPP/global/article.jsp?assetId=P6220002

Shit !!!!!!!

:shrug:

VS is 151 on the dish and fox`s speed channel is 150...i guess rupert does`t like the competition.

right now it`s VS hunting shows against speed`s car shows. this afternoon VS has on indy car racing.

Murdoch Gets DirectTV
But FCC Approval Affords Cable Insurance Against Abuses
By Mike Farrell & Ted Hearn -- Multichannel News, 1/4/2004 7:00:00 PM EST

http://www.multichannel.com/article/53447-Murdoch_Gets_DirectTV.php

........"We have to make DirecTV a unique viewing experience," Murdoch said on the November call.

"There's a tremendous amount of work to do. It will make great progress. I hope we can get back to growth of a million subscribers a year for a number of years. You can't do that forever, but we can grow the business into something much bigger. That's our intention."
News Corp.'s Programming Stable
Channel U.S Households
* According to the Fox Entertainment Group fiscal 2003 annual report. Fox Entertainment Group (82% owned by News Corp.) owns 35 television stations in nine of the top 10 DMAs, reaching a total of 44.2% of the television households in the U.S. Fox Broadcasting has 196 affilate stations and reaches 98% of U.S. television households. In Filmed Entertainment, News Corp. owns the 20th Century Fox movie studio and Fox Television Studios. News Corp. also owns 175 newspapers worldwide — one in the U.S. (the New York Post) — and owns international book publisher HarperCollins. Source: Discovery Networks January Universe Estimates

(News Corps Stable of Channels)

Fox News Channel 85.02 million
FX 83.02 million
Fox Sports Net* 75.7 million
Speed Channel 60.33 million
National Geographic Channel 46.9 million
Fox Movie Channel* 19 million
Fuel* 4.7 million
Fox Sports Digital* 2.8 million

News Corp sold their ownership shares to Liberty Media a few years ago. Even when News Corp had partial ownership, it was never the majority.

:shrug:

BLECH!!! Just seeing him makes me nauseous!

Murdoch is like many of the reich wing - they're only concerned about profit, and if it's appealing to the worst of society, then $o be it!

Rupert Murdoch's Digital Death Star
By Jeffrey Chester, AlterNet. Posted May 20, 2003.

http://www.alternet.org/story/15949/

Murdoch's plans to buy DirecTV will open the door to a not-so-distant future when our television set will become an outpost of the Murdoch empire.

Even as Michael Powell and the GOP sweep away long-standing media ownership safeguards, media mogul Rupert Murdoch is mobilizing to further expand his TV empire beyond broadcast and cable. His plans to acquire the key direct broadcast satellite service (DBS) – DirecTV – will allow Murdoch to advance his conservative political agenda, creating new channels and services that disseminate the rightwing ideology now espoused by Fox News.

If you are upset blame comcast.

Comcast terms where just highway robbbery.
This is simply a case of pure greed by Comcast.

http://www.directv.com/DTVAPP/global/article.jsp?assetId=P6220002

It has nothing to do with infomercials on DirectTV. Hell DirectTV carries many channels that are essentially infomercials.