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jme

jme

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Forgive my ignorance, but what exactly are people referring to, when they say "the Hub" that some lifestyler/bloggers are given access to?
 
WDW1974

WDW1974

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jme said:
Forgive my ignorance, but what exactly are people referring to, when they say "the Hub" that some lifestyler/bloggers are given access to?
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Basically it is Disney's internal Internet for cast ... it will tell you everything from EPCOT's restaurant hours to exec's private phone and emails to ... just about anything if you search well.
 
alphac2005

alphac2005

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Gabe1 said:
I get that. What I pay Uverse each year could fund a nice trip to WDW between internet (real good, so close to its main hub) cable boxes, wireless cable box, dvr box, 7 total boxes and 2 phone land lines. We know we have to move forward, the price is ridiculous.

I've yet to put the time into figuring out the tv portion. Without some type of cable-ish service how does one watch for example live sports, like football, baseball, hockey?
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We switched from DISH to Over the Air HDTV along with Netflix, DISH, and other streaming. We then got a great deal on U-Verse and went there. The deal is over and we're done with the absurdity of what it costs for television and are going back to HDTV OTA and countless streaming options that have come about in the past few years. We've grown tired of flipping through hundreds of channels and ending up with the same old statement of there isn't anything on.

As for sports, we love basketball in our house, so we have NBA League Pass Broadband and watch through Apple TV and we can on any other device that we have as well.

At some point, it's not worth it. My wife and I by ending our U-Verse TV and getting out of absurd AT&T Wireless contract that we have (even with a substantial discount in it) are shedding more than $2000 in yearly costs. It's well worth it. Not having endless channels is not the end of the world and you actually find yourself watching better quality programming.
 
alphac2005

alphac2005

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GoofGoof said:
Yep. This is a big deal for anyone who provides content. Disney just happens to be the largest. 30 million customers is massive and they will have incredible leverage. This still has to get government approval, but Comcast is savvy enough to skirt around that issue.

I just hope any setbacks for ESPN don't lead to a further pull back in spending on the parks. That would be unfortunate. On the flip side, more cash generated from cable subscribers means more cash for Comcast to spend on the Universal parks. I read that Comcast already said they would increase share buybacks after this deal closes, but I'm sure they will keep some of the extra cash generated for growth.
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I used to be in the media industry and can virtually assure you that it will be approved. There are minimal overlaps in service areas where Comcast is vs. where TWC is operating. In those few markets where this is the case, they'll shed operations of one of the two operators. Their pitch will be saving consumers money by having greater leverage, which is the same old void corporate bull, but it will be sufficient for the purchase.
 
the.dreamfinder

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alphac2005 said:
I used to be in the media industry and can virtually assure you that it will be approved. There are minimal overlaps in service areas where Comcast is vs. where TWC is operating. In those few markets where this is the case, they'll shed operations of one of the two operators. Their pitch will be saving consumers money by having greater leverage, which is the same old void corporate bull, but it will be sufficient for the purchase.
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Of course there are plenty of demands that the FCC could make that would make this a good deal for consumers like minimum profit reinvestment in expanding and upgrading infrastructure or banning bandwidth caps or full net neutrality compliance.
 
Cody5242

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PeterAlt said:
You can't say that because you haven't seen it. I have. It has a very strong patriotic undertone to it that will guarantee it will do well here.
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Word of mouth seems to be mediocre with only a 67% approval rating and a 2.5 mill opening day doesn't show much interest. I'll wait until the weekend though before I call the film a flop
 
Rasvar

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alphac2005 said:
I used to be in the media industry and can virtually assure you that it will be approved. There are minimal overlaps in service areas where Comcast is vs. where TWC is operating. In those few markets where this is the case, they'll shed operations of one of the two operators. Their pitch will be saving consumers money by having greater leverage, which is the same old void corporate bull, but it will be sufficient for the purchase.
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They are going to have to sell off more than the 3M subscribers than they are currently proposing. Where that numbers ends up will be the big argument. I'm fulling expecting my Comcast system to be sold off for this to happen. They have lagged at installing the upgrades here. We don't even have X1 yet. Seems like a setup to get rid of it.
 
alphac2005

alphac2005

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the.dreamfinder said:
Of course there are plenty of demands that the FCC could make that would make this a good deal for consumers like minimum profit reinvestment in expanding and upgrading infrastructure or banning bandwidth caps or full net neutrality compliance.
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Not with net neutrality compliance as a Federal Court Judge shot that down. Watch for the FCC, which the court basically walked them through doing, to issue some sort of new ruling this year that will classify the Internet as an essential type of service along the lines of telephony, gas, and electric service. Once that is set into motion, there will be no need for net neutrality as it's built into what would be the regulation and it would limit the gauging of internet costs, however, that would omit cable television costs.

When Comcast had their last deal with buying NBCUniversal, they agreed to minimal terms that basically all expire in 2018 where they would not be held to their voluntary net neutrality terms that they agreed to.

Buying TWC is about what other posters have put in the thread: Programming costs. This is about applying pressure on that side of the table because their costs keep expanding and they are hitting a brick wall with what consumers can/will absorb. Something has to give. It's a game of chess by some of the largest corporations in this country.
 
alphac2005

alphac2005

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Rasvar said:
They are going to have to sell off more than the 3M subscribers than they are currently proposing. Where that numbers ends up will be the big argument. I'm fulling expecting my Comcast system to be sold off for this to happen. They have lagged at installing the upgrades here. We don't even have X1 yet. Seems like a setup to get rid of it.
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They lag in their upgrades in nearly every market. The have gone from a Philly outfit to mass purchasing across the country. I've never had a provider that I disliked more than Comcast. When I left their service, it's was the attitude of don't let the door hit you on the way out and we could care less. The service where I was was absolutely awful. My parents switched from Comcast to AT&T for their HDTV and the difference was excellent. Comcast has awful compression on most of their systems. AT&T isn't pure over-the-air HDTV quality, but it's a vast improvement over Comcast.
 
the.dreamfinder

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alphac2005 said:
They lag in their upgrades in nearly every market. The have gone from a Philly outfit to mass purchasing across the country. I've never had a provider that I disliked more than Comcast. When I left their service, it's was the attitude of don't let the door hit you on the way out and we could care less. The service where I was was absolutely awful. My parents switched from Comcast to AT&T for their HDTV and the difference was excellent. Comcast has awful compression on most of their systems. AT&T isn't pure over-the-air HDTV quality, but it's a vast improvement over Comcast.
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Look at the pretty skyscraper everyone. Ignore our high prices for poor/mediocre services.
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ChrisFL

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I don't have Comcast or TWC in my area of Tampa (TWC became "Bright House" several years ago)....but I've only heard bad things about Comcast's service....but they're putting tons of money into quality Universal attractions, so it's a love/hate relationship.

Having said that, I'm surprised that the cable companies are doing well (as far as I can tell) despite all of the alternatives, Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, Itunes, etc.. I rarely watch TV and don't have a cable subscription at all, but I do have internet via Verizon FIOS
 
Rasvar

Rasvar

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ChrisFL said:
I don't have Comcast or TWC in my area of Tampa (TWC became "Bright House" several years ago)....but I've only heard bad things about Comcast's service....but they're putting tons of money into quality Universal attractions, so it's a love/hate relationship.

Having said that, I'm surprised that the cable companies are doing well (as far as I can tell) despite all of the alternatives, Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, Itunes, etc.. I rarely watch TV and don't have a cable subscription at all, but I do have internet via Verizon FIOS
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Bright House is TWC operating under a different name. It's an odd setup. For the most part, anything that happens to TWC also happens to Bright House.
 

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