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Constantly changing tv!, Dropping Decades

I just read a message on my screen that you are removing decades for Start TV. Why!! I love the old shows they show especially on weekends. We pay so much and keep getting things either dropped or replaced. I just recently chatted with one of the representatives and they informed me that we are loosing Cinemax, and we were being given Stars in its place.

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CRobGauth

Verizon has no control over this.

Your local channel that carries Decades (it is not a cable channel but a sub-channel to a local station) is replacing it.

bencasey1

So, why can't Fios pick it up from another source outside of NY? The ME-TV affiliate is in Middletown, NJ. I really like Decades and have no interest in this new channel.

tns2

Which locals they can pickup is strictly controlled, again outside of their control. If this particular "channel" moved to one that you do get included in your locals, it may well be added in a few months. Requires time to negotiate and setup a different feed.

Penneli

I agree! I'm NOT happy that we're losing Decades--love all the old programs!! I hope that Verizon will be able to pick this station up again through another source...their programming offers a nice reminder of the civility of old days during these troubling times.

CRobGauth

Read my previous post in this thread..

R-O-T-T-E-N

What sense does it make to change a channel which brings back programming from the distant past (DECADES) which is tremendously entertaining and HISTORIC in that it allows young viewers to witness the roots of television, for another CBS drama channel which can be gotten ON DEMAND, or CBS.com? One of the things I loved about FIOS was the variety available...sadly, that is becoming less and less...and it is creating a great motivation to start streaming video online! Eventually, logic dictates FIOS will no longer be necessary...the internet and smart tvs, with the propagation of programming from the likes of Amazon, HULU, NetFLIX et al, will put Verizon FIOS out of business. Please think it through Verizon!

PegC1

I moved from MA to RI this past year. In MA, I had Xfinity/Comcast which included the cable TV station “Decades,” which was awesome! Please Verizon, pick up this station!

CRobGauth

Again, Verizon has no control over this.

The channel provider is the one making the change, not Verizon.

CRobGauth

ouple of comments:

1) Decades is a local sub channel. So if there is not a local channel in your area that carries it, Verizon won't either. It is not a national channel

2) Verizon has posted a note that a lot of the stations that carry Decades are converting to a new channel that carries old CBS programming.

natom1

KEEP DECADES! START TV is like way too many other channels running the same, tired "procedural" dramas. 3-4 hours of the same show is a bit much. There's not enough variety. DECADES was starting to get to be too redundant-the ED SULLIVAN CLIP SHOW is mundane, unlike the original ED SULLIVAN programs, however, I still like DECADES.

CRobGauth

You will have to contact the channel owner.

They are the one who is replacing the content.
Verizon has no control.

louisk1

How could you drop Decades? Between Dick Cavett, Ed Sullivan, Bob Newhart, there is nothing else like it. Please bring it back!

CRobGauth

Read my previous post.

trouble12

Why is Decades no longer available? The new network has boring shows. No more weekend binge? This was a really bad decision. Fios can get it back if they really wanted to. We pay a lot of money & aren't able to watch what we want

PegC1

Everyone should lobby FIOS to pick up a channel named Decades. You can learn more at decades.com. Great channel! Has all of the Ed Sullivan shows. It is all shows from the 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s.

CRobGauth

Issue is that it is not a nationally broadcast channel (like Discovery, HGTV, etc).
It is sold as a sub channel to your local TV broadcast stations.

So you would need to lobby your local TV stations to carry it.
Then they would have to negotiate with Verizon to pick it up.

dukeg

I agree fios constantly switches or removes channels without considering how their subscribers feel about it. I love the older shows and new ones.

I love the segments through the decades looking back on this day in history some i never heard about when it actually occurred.

I guess I'll reach out directly to the program to see if they have the channel available for streaming and add it to my yahoi firestick and roku and if they require a subscription fee I'll gladly pay it...may kick fios out and go full blown steaming....since FIOS can't give me what I'm paying for.

dukeg

I 100% agree

fredreed

This is why I will be leaving Fios once my current contract expires in 12 months and switching to DirectTV NOW because It's obvious that Verizon doesn't care about what like to watch anymore. I would switch now but I don't believe I can or I would switch to DirectTV NOW. Verizon simply has no respect for us. They constantly continue to drop channels that we like to watch and frankly I'm just sick of It. But wait they get to raise our cable bill whenever they feel like to. How is this fair to us?

Lg311

Has the Decades channel been moved or dropped? It was channel 483 in the 19382 area.

jharaz@msn.com

Here we go again! Why did you drop Decades TV? It’s one of the best retro channels around. Please bring it back!

CRobGauth

From the Decades website

To our Decades viewers: As of Monday, Sep. 3, the Decades network has a number of different affiliates in cities across the U.S. We regret that in some cities, Decades is temporarily unavailable. Please check back to this page frequently for information on new channels for Decades this fall

So Verizon didn't drop them. The local channel carrying them did.

TMendez528

Completely agree. Being in NJ myself I see no valid excuse for Verizon to allow this to happen. regardless of what they claim. Verizon is capable of excising if not control, certainly some influence over a broadcasters content.

TMendez528

Honestly. Im so tired of this game that Verizon plays be it by their own action or not with moving channels,removingchannels, getting rid of content I want and replacing it with content I do not. changing packages to extort you into paying more money.

Im thinking of Dropping Fios TV and perhaps Verizons entire service as well and just getting my internet from another provider. and do like more and more people are doing and getting the TV and sporting events I WANT to see as oppossed to the ones they force upon us and "allow" us to have that way instead.

Verizon and other TV providers better learn to get with the program and realise that more and more people arent willing to put up with this nonsense any longer as the reason for them "cutting the cord" Or they will go the way of the Dodo bird

charhurl

I just signed up for service and checked for Decades channel right away. 4 days later it was gone, replaced by a garbage channel. I am seeing a discrepancy in channels offered in various packages to push subscribers to upgrade. Greed is killing this country.

Tiredofpaying

Why in the world did Fios drop one of the good Channels. I am so tired of paying sooooo much money and having nothing good to watch. At least with decades you could watch some good retro shows. How the new channel stinks and my entire family will never watch. Yet another change that really really stinkd

glennrussell

I agree, DECADES was/is a great station! I hope that FIOS gets it back. The replacemt staion, I haven't found any shows of interest, so I haven't seen any of the new stations commercials either. Maybe the advertisers should contact FIOS.

glennrussell

Any word on DECADES returning to FIOS in the Hudson Valley NY?

CRobGauth

You need to have a local channel carry it as a sub channel.

Verizon doesn't carry this (and no other provider does either) unless it is a sub channel to one of your local channels.

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