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Tubehead · 02-19-2019, 01:04 AM

mine:
the big one classic cartoon station
an aciton tv station
an sci fi Fantasy tv station
an crime/ drama tv station
classic sitcom station

stevea · 02-19-2019, 10:19 AM

I'd get Boomerang, FETV, and RTV/RTN, whatever it's called, Comedy Gold from Canada.

MA · 02-20-2019, 10:26 AM

I would get UP TV back along with H&I, Antenna TV, GetTV, along with a couple of others.

AMackII · 02-20-2019, 12:40 PM

- I would add Buzzr and have right next to Antenna TV & MeTV
- have both NBATV & NFL Network right in between ESPN & ESPN2 and FS1

stevea · 02-20-2019, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by MA

I would get UP TV back along with H&I, Antenna TV, GetTV, along with a couple of others.

I lost UP when I regraded my packages. To get it back, you have to cough up more $$$.

MA · 02-20-2019, 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by stevea

I lost UP when I regraded my packages. To get it back, you have to cough up more $$$.

It's unfortunate though, because I would watch Home Improvement on there whenever having the chance to.

MA · 02-20-2019, 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by stevea

I lost UP when I regraded my packages. To get it back, you have to cough up more $$$.

Did you also lose WE, WGN, and ID as well? Or just UP?

FaceReality · 02-20-2019, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by MA

It's unfortunate though, because I would watch Home Improvement on there whenever having the chance to.

Tim Allen is a right wing bigot.

stevea · 02-20-2019, 06:33 PM

Yep I lost all of those.

MA · 02-20-2019, 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by FaceReality

Tim Allen is a right wing bigot.

That's your opinion on what you think of him.

MA · 02-20-2019, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by stevea

Yep I lost all of those.

Even my aunt was not happy when she lost ID after finding that out when I went to visit her a few weeks ago.

AMackII · 02-21-2019, 09:53 AM

I would though about having the Playboy channels banned

MA · 02-21-2019, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by AMackII

I would though about having the Playboy channels banned

Same, and any other inappropriate channels as well.

favoriteshow · 02-23-2019, 12:31 PM

There is a service Philo which is available to everyone in the US, and assuming one has high internet speeds for it.

https://try.philo.com/

The $20/month package has UPTV, TV Land, Logo, Hallmark and Comedy Central which has some of the sitcoms that I enjoy watching. It has ID too.

It avoided high cost sports channels to keep costs low. If one wants sitcoms and general entertainment, but doesn't need sports, it's a good start. And one gets multiple streams so one can share it with a friend and cloud DVR.

In my opinion, it's a good start, but I think it still needs more content I think to warrant $20/month cost or separate subscription, and there are likely a lot of free/low cost channels it could add
-Buzzr (which is free on Pluto TV)
-FETV
-INSP
-Bounce (Dish carries a national feed, so national feed might be available)
-MeTV (Dish carries a national feed, so national feed might be available)
Any other subchannels with national feed (Laff, Decades, Escape, RetroTV)

Of course, one can supplement the paid services with an over the air antenna and over the air DVR setup to get local channels and digital subchannels, like Bounce and MeTV.

If they can't deal with Time Warner (for CNN, TCM, Cartoon Network, Boomerang), it could add HDNet, which is at least commercial free movies, and a good offering as at least one commercial free channel, with the all commercial channels that get annoying after awhile. And it should probably make a deal with Showtime, Starz and Epix for these to be as add-on services.

Personally, I keep PlutoTV as a Roku channel and watch sometimes on my laptop along with Fios that I have in a bundle. Pluto is cool that they give audio-only music channels but commercial free like MusicChoice and SiriusXM, and it has sitcoms channel and a classic TV channel, and some news channels like C-Net which I occasionally tune to. And channels change fast.

Sling Blue is also low cost but it has some sports channels and then goes missing with other networks (Nickelodeon, Animal Planet, for example), FXX is only video on demand, and one has to add more channels via alacarte, and some of the alacarte packages are a peculiar collection of channels. The news package is one of them. I have a hunch that Dish Network which owns both wants to keep Sling TV somewhat good but not good enough, so that it doesn't lose satellite TV customers (it's core business) who are more enthused about channels in general.

Speaking of Dish, it does have a low basic package:
https://www.mydish.com/flex-pack

Relatively speaking, at $37.99 month and the equipment they give and channel lineup, I think it's a good deal but I can't say certainly without trying it. Their equipment allows one to watch all of those channels out of the home too. Fios doesn't permit that with all the channels, citing something that licensing doesn't allow it. I know as I wanted to watch FETV (which Fios carries and in my subscription) on my Ipad away from home and can't do it with the Fios app on my Ipad.

Impressions · 02-23-2019, 03:01 PM

I want getTV so bad! I'm a huge fan of variety shows like Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour, Cher and The Flip Wilson Show, that they're airing on there right now. I know it's available nationwide on streaming services, but I don't want to pay extra for it, I wish it was a part of my subscription package from my provider!

02-19-2019, 01:04 AM	#1
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02-20-2019, 10:26 AM	#3
MA Member Moderator Forum Idol Join Date: May 20, 2017 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 127,386	I would get UP TV back along with H&I, Antenna TV, GetTV, along with a couple of others.
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02-23-2019, 12:31 PM	#14
favoriteshow Member Forum Regular Join Date: Dec 08, 2018 Posts: 587	There is a service Philo which is available to everyone in the US, and assuming one has high internet speeds for it. https://try.philo.com/ The $20/month package has UPTV, TV Land, Logo, Hallmark and Comedy Central which has some of the sitcoms that I enjoy watching. It has ID too. It avoided high cost sports channels to keep costs low. If one wants sitcoms and general entertainment, but doesn't need sports, it's a good start. And one gets multiple streams so one can share it with a friend and cloud DVR. In my opinion, it's a good start, but I think it still needs more content I think to warrant $20/month cost or separate subscription, and there are likely a lot of free/low cost channels it could add -Buzzr (which is free on Pluto TV) -FETV -INSP -Bounce (Dish carries a national feed, so national feed might be available) -MeTV (Dish carries a national feed, so national feed might be available) Any other subchannels with national feed (Laff, Decades, Escape, RetroTV) Of course, one can supplement the paid services with an over the air antenna and over the air DVR setup to get local channels and digital subchannels, like Bounce and MeTV. If they can't deal with Time Warner (for CNN, TCM, Cartoon Network, Boomerang), it could add HDNet, which is at least commercial free movies, and a good offering as at least one commercial free channel, with the all commercial channels that get annoying after awhile. And it should probably make a deal with Showtime, Starz and Epix for these to be as add-on services. Personally, I keep PlutoTV as a Roku channel and watch sometimes on my laptop along with Fios that I have in a bundle. Pluto is cool that they give audio-only music channels but commercial free like MusicChoice and SiriusXM, and it has sitcoms channel and a classic TV channel, and some news channels like C-Net which I occasionally tune to. And channels change fast. Sling Blue is also low cost but it has some sports channels and then goes missing with other networks (Nickelodeon, Animal Planet, for example), FXX is only video on demand, and one has to add more channels via alacarte, and some of the alacarte packages are a peculiar collection of channels. The news package is one of them. I have a hunch that Dish Network which owns both wants to keep Sling TV somewhat good but not good enough, so that it doesn't lose satellite TV customers (it's core business) who are more enthused about channels in general. Speaking of Dish, it does have a low basic package: https://www.mydish.com/flex-pack Relatively speaking, at $37.99 month and the equipment they give and channel lineup, I think it's a good deal but I can't say certainly without trying it. Their equipment allows one to watch all of those channels out of the home too. Fios doesn't permit that with all the channels, citing something that licensing doesn't allow it. I know as I wanted to watch FETV (which Fios carries and in my subscription) on my Ipad away from home and can't do it with the Fios app on my Ipad.
	Last edited by favoriteshow; 02-23-2019 at 01:05 PM.

02-19-2019, 10:19 AM	#2
stevea 22 Years On Sitcoms Moderator Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 13, 2003 Location: Indy Posts: 44,533	I'd get Boomerang, FETV, and RTV/RTN, whatever it's called, Comedy Gold from Canada.

02-20-2019, 12:40 PM	#4
AMackII Member Forum Star Join Date: Oct 23, 2015 Location: St. Louis Posts: 17,215	- I would add Buzzr and have right next to Antenna TV & MeTV - have both NBATV & NFL Network right in between ESPN & ESPN2 and FS1

02-20-2019, 06:33 PM	#9
stevea 22 Years On Sitcoms Moderator Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 13, 2003 Location: Indy Posts: 44,533	Yep I lost all of those.

02-21-2019, 09:53 AM	#12
AMackII Member Forum Star Join Date: Oct 23, 2015 Location: St. Louis Posts: 17,215	I would though about having the Playboy channels banned

02-23-2019, 03:01 PM	#15
Impressions She died the way she lived Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: May 08, 2002 Posts: 4,640	I want getTV so bad! I'm a huge fan of variety shows like Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour, Cher and The Flip Wilson Show, that they're airing on there right now. I know it's available nationwide on streaming services, but I don't want to pay extra for it, I wish it was a part of my subscription package from my provider!