DirecTV Dropping TWC

[IceManNYR]

TWC is live all day so they can continue complain that DTV might drop them on 13th.
It's not even 12am Monday that TWC would be dropped it's 12am on Tuesaday so this is clearly a planned stunt to combat the complaints about TWC airing non weather reality shows 2pm-4am on weekends.

If TWC really cares about it's audience the 5pm 7pm and 1am editions of WCL would return to the schedule next weekend.

[Localonthe8s]

TWC is live again and they didn't even mention "extended' or 'special' coverage. They are going live all night long tonight through the overnight hours too. This is just too funny.

[WeatherSTARIII]

It just shows that at least someone is listening to customers here, and it isn't TWC.  DTV is saying what we've been saying for a while now when they mention the large amount of longform.  Customers got nowhere by complaining to TWC, so they must have gone to DTV instead.

the countdown clock on the top right

You mean a Disney Channel-style countdown clock like they use for premieres? Lol. 

Ironically, Cartoon Network does this too for all of their own premieres. Those countdown bugs had always annoyed me and so are those network pop-ups during certain programs before the commercial breaks.

[WeatherSTARIII]

TWC is live all day so they can continue complain that DTV might drop them on 13th.
It's not even 12am Monday that TWC would be dropped it's 12am on Tuesaday so this is clearly a planned stunt to combat the complaints about TWC airing non weather reality shows 2pm-4am on weekends.

If TWC really cares about it's audience the 5pm 7pm and 1am editions of WCL would return to the schedule next weekend.

I'm sure TWC's live coverage campaign just to prove DirecTV how "important" they are is still going to lose out in the ratings to the NFL playoff coverage on both Fox and CBS. Right now, I'm not even watching TWC anyway because of football. 

[jrhtwc]

Ok this may be long as it’s been an interesting weekend, and it’s not over yet! I can’t believe TWC is still live! Only thing that worries me is if TWC gets the contract, TWC will forget this weekend ever happened!!! If TWC doesn’t get the contract, I wonder if they’ll change anything? I don’t remember this much coverage with the DISH issue. Anyone else? If I remember correctly, TWC got into trouble with DISH because they missed severe weather because of Flick and a Forecast. Now it seems they have been doing more preempting with a SA like look since WATT debuted without the dual feed.
Now, an interesting question:
Is TWC live because they really trying to stay on DTV or is it because they can’t show their crawl during longform because they don’t give SAT viewers WATT during long form??????  Yes, TWC started out as a cable channel, but wouldn’t you think that TWC would have thought of SAT viewers when they were developing WATT Maybe no longform WATT is part of the DTV Issue?
Now on to WN. For some reason the local WN has to go off air 3 hours a week for educational programming. Does the DTV WN have to do that? The problem with WN & TWC is WN has the time, TWC has the talent. I still don’t understand why we can’t have 2 weather channels??? Just watch WN when TWC has longform. Which shouldn’t be from 2PM on during weekends mind you but still. Another worry is, if TWC gets DTV(which I hope is what happens), will WN stay on DTV? It should in my mind. If TWC and WN do stay on DTV, I’ll feel better about Network Weather coming and maybe DISH will get WN.

In closing, What TWC and Cantorie needs to understand is We’re not complaining that they don’t cover the big stuff. They’ve covered a lot since WATT I think. It’s the amount of longform and no longform WATT for SAT viewers we can’t stand.

[twcfan68]

I'm not against the drop of TWC on DirecTV. It's a bold statement, yet it's a stand that states "We don't like what TWC has become." There must be less reality shows and more live weather. Even if it's saving the company money by not paying OCM's more hours, not being on more cable networks is lethal as well.

I'm excited to see what Network Weather will provide, especially after what Jeanne has told us so far.

[Bryan]

Could careless if it was dropped, even if Dish made the choice.  Most everything about that network just plain sucks.

[twcfan68]

I agree with you. I think they're only live so people will see live weather being discussed when they tune in to see the warning. This drop needs to happen if TWC will make any positive changes because I think they will revert to what they want if they get the contract.

[weatherfan_2013]

I agree with you. I think they're only live so people will see live weather being discussed when they tune in to see the warning. This drop needs to happen if TWC will make any positive changes because I think they will revert to what they want if they get the contract.

I agree. Funny how vivian said a few minutes ago "From The Weather Channel headquarters in Atlanta, your watching  Weather Center Live Weekend Edition. 

[WeatherWitness]

It bothers me how TWC calls themselves "critical, valuable, and life-saving."  They're not.  As much as they may think they are, they're just not.  Granted, I know the phrase is being used to convince DirecTV and those with it to think twice and keep the channel, but as has been discussed many times before, if severe weather was threatening my area, the last place I would be tuning into is TWC.  They just can't go as in depth as the local news stations can, and more importantly, they love to cover only the biggest news story.  For example, in Oklahoma City on May 31 of last year when the tornado flipped Bettes and the crew's truck, there were several other smaller tornadoes affecting other parts of the metro area.  But do we remember those?  No, because TWC only decided to talk about the "main event."

I don't think DirecTV will drop TWC permanently, but I have a feeling TWC may go off the air for a few days, just like what happened with the Viacom networks.  Hopefully, again, this is more than just a money deal, and if an agreement is made, changes will be made to on-air coverage.  Sadly, I am skeptical anything will be changed.

[WeatherWitness]

I have a feeling TWC is live both to show the crawls continuously and perhaps "trick" those naïve people who may not know much about TWC into thinking that coverage is still provided all the time.  That way, if DirecTV argues that there's too much long-form, these people can tune into TWC and say "no there's not."

TWC should go into a "storm alert" mode for DirecTV dropping them.   The insert on the right bar replacing the run-down is a good start.

[cc17926]

I find it kinda funny that TWC has been showing live programming all weekend. If they did this more often, I would be a regular viewer!

[Eric]

I find it kinda funny that TWC has been showing live programming all weekend. If they did this more often, I would be a regular viewer!

Agreed.  All of this extra live coverage is reminding me of years gone by, and I like it.

[Adrian]

I've been noticing that since TWC started there "campagin" to prevent DTV from dropping them, there have been no commercials/ads promoting Long-Form/Reality Programming. Prior to this, TWC had been airing commercials promoting new episodes of non-weather reality shows "Prospectors" and "Freaks of Nature" that were suppose to air Tonight. Since then, TWC has bee airing either ads featuring Jim Cantore persuading viewers to go to keeptheweathechannel.com or an ad about how The Weather Channel "Matters".

TWc is so desperate. They should of been airing live weather news 24/7 all the time like they been doing since Saturday. They have plenty of new OCMs to fill in slots.

[Metarvo]

So, where's the severe weather?  There's no red TWC logo to indicate such.  Looking at the national radar map, there are only a few areas with rain showers, but certainly not what I would call a severe weather event.  This is suspicious, but at least the TWC viewers are getting what they want: live weekend weather.  I predict that if a deal is reached, TWC will slip back to its old ways.  I'm pretty sure that Prospectors would be on now if not for the DTV dispute; what we're seeing now isn't a representation of what TWC has been from November to the start of this situation.