Jokes on you Tribune: nobody watches WPIX. See, when AMC or Comedy Central or Food Network gt blocked, customers rally because they have programming people actually watch. Nobody watches the CW. Most probably wouldn't even notice that it was blacked out if the news didn't report on it.

http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/08/14/nbc-leads-among-adults-18-49-and-with-total-viewers-again-in-week-47-ending-august-12-2012/144810/

We spend $170/monthly on Cablevision and this weekend we couldn't even watch the Mets games on WPIX. Work it out, James Dolan!

I enjoy watching WPIX-11 5pm & 10pm news. They produce a better consumer news show than WCBS, WNBC, & WABC. The other three either over report world & national news or they are pushing their programing. I called cablevision to complain & asked for a prorated bill, since they aren't broadcasting WPIX, but that went no where.

When I was growing up WPIX always seemed like the most distinctly "New York area" channel — long before Cablevision! This seems a bit almost like censorship of an institution...

Maryanne....well when you run a monopoly in most markets basically unregulated by the FCC, you can do what you please and charge whatever you want.

http://hopatcong.patch.com/articles/cablevision-to-hopatcong-were-not-changing-rates

Any one that fires their father from the board of the company he started doesn't command any respect from me. Jim Dolan needs a bigger house than the one he has on Centre Island. That's why they charge outrageous rates.

In their effort to create a total monopoly on sports and entertainment in the NYC area, the Dolans have shown themselves to be totally inept in every way, unless it is their goal to alienate the people they expect to fill their seats and pay their cable bills.

i am tired of all the bs with cable satellite they keep takin channels off but charge you the same whatever happendto free tv i miss the monster channel voom network another one taken away and now antenna tv total BULLSHIT WE NEED ANOTHER PROVIDER!!!!!!

I can't remember the last time I turned on WPIX. Their shows are heavily geared towards teenagers.

In my opinion Cablevision is GREEDY.
They are forcing their customers to get receivere boxes (two years for free) then, they will RAM IT TO YOU.
Cablevision did the same thing several years ago for QVC and other shopping channels. You want those, you had to pay $6.95 per month per box.
We have NO choice !!!!!!!!
Cablevision has a 10 year contract with the municipalities they serve, isn't this a monopoly?
GREEDY GREEDY GREEDY GREEDY GREEDY GREEDY

NOwq, no Seinfeld, and that SUCKS !

Last time I watched a Mets game they were on channel 9...WOR. LOL

Cablevision is the last company on the market to make their customers get a box. Direct TV and dish network just lost channels and their rates cannot include your internet and phone. Cablevision just went fully digital to prepare for more channels like nfl network and nfl redzone we just acquired. Dish, Fios and direct tv the wait is several days usually for service calls, cablevision can book same day or next day calls, plus the issue with WPIX is on tribune's side for the agreement.

What the hell is a Met?

Give me a break Cablevision?! We HAVE to watch all the stations that we don't give a sh&& like, for me, all the Spanish channels? It's only "economical" if you buy a package to get the channels you want and then they start removing more channels?! I already pay 200/month for cable and don't have an alternative because I live in the boondocks! They got us by the b%%%s and they know it. Can't wait 'til they are obsolete and go the way of Ma Bell!

If FIOS is available in your neighborhood, (I believe it is in most of Parsippany though maybe not in apartments and condos) and you're still with Cablevision I have to ask as loudly as I can... what are you thinking? Switch!

GREED.. Isn't that one of the seven deadly sins? I do believe it is..

OMG !!! No Jerry Springer?

I have to admit to not watching WPIX Channel 11 that much except for its news programs and our Mets but during the past year ro two that Tribune's Antenna TV has been on WPIX channel 11.4 / Cablevision 114 I have become accustomed to viewing the old shows such as All in the Family, Maude, Dennis The Menace, Jack Benny, Burns & Allen and so many more. For those not familiar with the sub channels such as 11.4, the digital revolution was pushed by the FCC in order to allow the broadcast stations to have a number of sub channels that can be received over the air without need for wired or satelite televison. WNBC 4 has several digital sub channels, so does PBS station 13 and 21. Many more are possible with stations such as WABC maybe having Disney and ESPN channels over the air that way. WNYW Fox 5 could transmit the Fox news, business and sports channels that way. And the list goes on and on.

BTW, when the new 1 World Trade Center (originally to be named Freedom Tower) is completed with a 1776 foot high broadcast mast atop the building, over the air tv reception should be tremendously better.

Dropping Cablevision over three years ago was one of the best decisions I have ever made.

@ maryanne yes i do and im a knicks fan hoping for big things this year. @ lorraine yes dolan did take a big bonus but over this year he has put alot of money toward the company to better his product. If your not getting the proper service you should take it higher down in bergen county we make sure our customers don't have issues like you say you have. These networks want alot of money for broadcasting which we try to negotiate so our customers don't pay more. Was it right for Fox to try and charge us a ridiculous amount so we would have to raise your rates for a few channels? Ppl have their pros and cons but in the end cable will be on top.

Cablevision is becoming more and more greedy. We should all get a credit during this fight, afterall we are still paying for the channel. I am sure they would amend this situation a lot quicker if it costs them to fight. Hit them where it hurts, the wallet!

Who cares?
I got rid of them 12 years ago.

The cable companies claim that digitalization is the reason for requiring boxes to work the tv's even though that's not really true. Verizon is offering a version of FIOS services through one of the satelite providers in certain areas but I forget if it is Direct or Dish.

$G$R$E$E$D$

We pay $102 a month for DirecTV and I do NOT want a TV, phone and internet combo--when my neighbor's cable (optimum) goes out, she loses ALL THREE at once--even when we had a power outage last year for days, I had no electricity, but I still had PHONE! Anyone with cable in this neighborhood DID NOT!

Anyone with Cablevision phone service can get a battery backup to keep their service on if power goes out and They will be rolling out boxes that will act like antennas to get your basic channels. Fios has stopped building and if direct TV loses the nfl package they will lose their money maker.

We only have television with Cablevision, the basic package that gets us over 100 channels for $87 a month which includes the fee for 3 converter boxes required when they began scrambling the signal a channel or two at a time. The big lie that it was digitalization was proven false when over the air channels that were then being broadcast in digital came through without the boxes.

For phone service we maintained Verizon wired until a year ago. After seeing the little clock radio size box called wireless home phone connect at the Verizon Wireless kiosk in BJ's, we bought one for $29 and had them switch the home phone to wireless which gives us unlimited nationwide calling, voice mail and caller id for only $27 monthly including taxes. The device has a battery giving back up for many hours which I have tested to at least 40 hours. Our portable wireless home phone base plugs into this box and we also have a $10 wired phone plugged in also.

For internet we use Verizon too both wired and wireless.

Tribune is owned by a hedge fund, so you know that they have their customer's needs at heart [queue maniacal laughing]. The only thing good on WPIX is the yule log, so I can do without it.

The big question is will Cablevision drop their rates to us now that they have the PIX monkey off their backs? [more laughing]

Verizon FIOS will NOT be coming to this area anytime soon!

In Butler, the Cablevision franchise will be up for renewal by the end of the year, and it's a ten year contract.

This should be open up to other cable providers, currently I see this as a monopoly if you want cable and not dish.

GREED again !!!

Liz, I believe that you can buy a UPS battery back up for the phone. This would be the same type for your computer. And if just used for the phone should last quite awhile not just 30 minutes like it is for a computer.

Zoo Keeper, FIOS won't be coming to many places because of not enough customers subscribing to the service despite those who have it saying it is far superior. However, since Verizon already has lines in place and on average owns half of the poles with the Borough of Butler owning the rest of the poles, they can operate cable tv service. Something else to think about, I believe the FCC gave approval to public power utilities (owned by government entitires or membership co-operatives) to provide both internet and cable tv service through the electirc lines but NJ law would have to be changed for that to happen here.

and Cablevision always say hd is free when its not cause u hv to get their box ASSHOLES

You forgot the GREEDY before ASSHOLES !!!

Where I live, you can't get satellite (too many trees), FIOS has no lines (and I don't see any in the foreseeable future), so we're stuck with Cablevision Optimum for all 3 services; tv, phone, internet. Even if we try to work it out to the least expensive, the package is still the "most economical" or drops channels that we want. Cablevision is sucking us dry up here! Half of the channels I don't give a crap-like the Spanish channel! And, my internet goes out on a daily basis. They should let US choose which channels we want and pay a la carte! I can't wait to move out of this arnpit of NJ!

They are the greediest company in the world, their arrogance is only matched by the Port Authority. They have a monopoly and dont care about their customers. In this recession most companies are giving more and charging less to keep customers happy. Cablevision is charging more and getting greedier. They are forcing everyone to get boxes, they say it is FCC, fine who cares who it is... The most important issue there is that I pay a monthly fee for a service. It is ILLEGAL to then charge me for a box to get the service that I already pay for. There is a class action lawsuit against cablevision for many millions of dollars that is sitting in the judges hands now. We need to allow comcast to be able to compete or we need someone to regulate these predtory businesses like cablevison. Charging over $150 a month for just a basic cable, telephone ( Which NO ONE uses ever) and internet is a crime and James Dolan should be in jail.

There needs to be a new cable company that does it better than these old out of date greedy corporations. There should be a cable company that charges me per channel and I choose which ones they watch. This would mean no disputes because if I pay $2 per channel $1 goes to the cablecompany the other $1 goes to the broadcast company. Then I wouldnt have to pay for the stupid channels like BET or the spanish channels or Oprah. But this would make too much sense and be good for the customer, and noboday wants that. They only care about maximizing their profits so Dolan can get richer. Id love to see the Occupy movement get a hold of this criminal Dolan

I am annoyed. I wake up a sit-com that isn't entertaining instead of WPIX Channel 11 News. I have watched channel for years. I work hard and pay ridiculous cable cost. Everything cost. Once I come home I deserve to at the very least, to be entertained by WPIX. I do not think I am asking for to much. I am certainly giving enough. Just saying

Its just WRONG how people do business or should i say GREED. On a funny note..."What... NO MORE JERRY SPRINGER OR MAURY.... I want a refund"

What people don't seem to realize is that Cablevision is not doing this. Originally, cable companies were required to carry all broadcast signals in their service area if the broadcaster wanted to be carried and broadcasters had to make their signal available at no charge if they wanted to be carried. Due to deregulation, the FCC no longer enforces this must-carry requirement and broadcasters are allowed to "negotiate" with cable and satellite providers to charge them for the privilege of carrying their "free" signal. These charges ALWAYS get passed on to viewers. The only way to change this is to demand that Congress re-regulate both broadcast and cable TV. It's not going to happen in today's anti-government climate but that's one reason we pay so much. As for me, I haven't watched Channel 11 since Diver Dan and Winchell Mahoney time in the 60s so I couldn't care less how long it's off.

we pay so much because they have a greedy a-hole of a CEO Dolan, he should be in jail for the way he runs his business. Let comcast come in and compete and watch the prices fall and service climb.....

This is a two parter.
First, at issue is WPIX -TV 11 and the second is the GREED of Cablevision on their rates and service and basically, we are stuck with them due to their MONOPOLY.
Towns sign 10 year francises with these GREEDY people and we all are stuck. We need compeition and no franchises.

We lost Channel 11? What used to be WB11 and had Kids WB? Has the world gone mad?

*feels a little dead on the inside*

All those people who watched Maury and Jerry Springer must be really down and out. I think more people have to turn the tube off and maybe read a book. If your whole world has collapsed because one channel out of thousands has been taken away from you, then you truly need to reassess your life.

Most do not understand that there are renters/license fees to carry and broadcast channels. When those fees go up they will be passed on to the consumer like anything else. Not to mention paying $170.00 for a service that is on 24 hours a day 7 days a week, to help babysit and raise children, fill in time that could be well spent doing more productive things, meanwhile people will blow 100.00's of dollars in one day to go to one Met game for a couple of hours.

The situation with Cablevision (and all of the other cable TV re-broadcasters) is only going to get worse with time. Long ago I could see that their greed ruling most of their business decisions and decided to cut the cord and only use them for my Internet service. I now use free VoIP for my phone and my entertainment comes from Droid TV Primetime that cost $3/month. I'm sure the cable companies will look at this trend and come up with some new way to screw us with a new "Internet only" surcharge.

You won't get any comments from me about you watching Vampire Diaries @JenniferB but I have to admit I prefer Android over Apple so there won't be any Apple TV in my home. Droid Tv lets me watch primetime TV anywhere, anytime without the need for 3G, 4G or WiFi streaming. It's wonderful and Apple can't do that.