Starz leaving Premiere packages?

I think they just signed a new contract with Starz.  Not sure how it will affect people with packages or if they are still going to make us pay extra, but I saw it on the news the other night

@JodieNJ ... this link from 48 hours ago might help clear up a few things:

https://nypost.com/2019/12/23/starz-to-exit-comcasts-premium-cable-bundle-after-power-finale/

Not cleared up for me. Is the article saying that the people who have STARZ as part of a package already will now be expected to pay five dollars extra a month to keep it?

That's not right.

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@JodieNJ wrote:

Not cleared up for me. Is the article saying that the people who have STARZ as part of a package already will now be expected to pay five dollars extra a month to keep it?

 

That's not right.

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Yup ... An extra amount yet to be determined ... exactly as written.  Fair or Right? The article also points to other links explaining that the DOJ and some Washington DC politicians have already been looking into the situation, which may explain why the original drop-dates have been pushed back a little bit into February.

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@tx83 wrote:
I’m on a promotion that runs through summer 2021 and I’ve been getting letters saying STARZ will be removed from our package for months now.

So I’m assuming after the Power finale, STARZ, both the channels and on demand, will be unavailable for those of us with a package deal no matter the start date.

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Yup .... Just like me.

Hi, what I mean about dropping the channel as the promotion ends would be no different than if any other promotion ends and the "package/promo" It may be more work for the company but less for the now happier customer.

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@JodieNJ wrote:
I don’t believe people with packages will be able to keep STARZ. I don’t know if you realize it, but at some point, they removed Cinemax from people’s package. It was part of mine, and if I go to a Cinemax channel now, I get a message saying that it requires a subscription in order to be able to watch it. Even though, until they decided to remove it, it WAS a part of my package.

One day I had it, the next day it was gone.

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This Starz thing is just an old re-run from last Summer's similar loss of Cinemax from our Premium Packages ..... At that time, there were many postings about that sad incident.  I'll bet there is more sadness to come as the inevitable competition from the Streaming Wars heats up in the coming New Year.

Here you go:

https://forums.xfinity.com/t5/Channels-and-Programming/Hitz-replacing-Cinemax-Really/td-p/3234070

As a further note of fairness, most all cable and satellite TV providers also annouced higher rates for 2020 over this Holiday Season .... so Comcast is in similar company, as much as it pains me to admit.

It's partly due to the Streaming Wars marching foward with newer lower-cost alternative streaming technology, plus many of the content creators/actors/providers also jumping on the gravy-train bandwagon by getting smarter/tougher agents and negoitators.  Thus the legacy content pipelines which deliver our shows (traditional cable and satellite) are getting squeezed.

It reminds me of our addiction to cheaper "made overseas" items which flooded our markets over the last 10 to 15 years.  As to the ultimate end-game?  Your guess is as good as mine.