AMC’s battle with Dish continues, but at least Breaking Bad fans won’t have to suffer: The basic cable net will offer a special live stream of the drama’s season five premiere to Dish subscribers on its website July 15.
Starting tomorrow at 3 p.m. ET, Dish subs can register for access at www.amctv.com/breakingbad4dish. “Every cable, phone and satellite company other than Dish carries AMC and its popular programming, including Breaking Bad, The Walking Dead and Mad Men in their basic package,” the network said in a statement. “AMC wants its loyal Dish viewers to experience the excitement of the Breaking Bad premiere at the same time as their friends and neighbors and we want to give Dish customers an extra week to switch providers so they can enjoy the rest of the season.”
Dish, which has more than 14 million subscribers, dropped all of the AMC nets at the end of June after the two sides failed to sign a new carriage agreement. Dish has said that low ratings on IFC and WE, in particular, didn’t justify the high rates that AMC Nets wants to continue charging. AMC, however, believes the blackout has less to do with a carriage dispute and more to do with an ongoing lawsuit between the two companies that involves a bunch of high-definition channels that no longer exist.
Source: EW
Hope it'll work for us folks in Europe. Oh and it's free, right?
ReplyDeleteIt will be free, but.....,
ReplyDeleteI think AMC.com is region blocked and USA only sadly. Maybe they will do a YouTube version too?
I don't think it will be... The stream will be confined to the US only... You can use a VPN to get past that or manually recaliberate your browser's internet connection, but I suggest - if you want to watch the episode anyway - download the episode, there are plenty of sources on the internet that provide it... I can mention a few, but I am not sure if it's okay to post it here.
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