Comments on: AMC to Dish: We'll go ahead and stream Breaking Bad for free. 'K bye.

By: Jonathan Peterson

Jonathan Peterson — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 14:41:00 +0000

Wow – two corporations picking a fight over revenues and the post is a total suck up to the one that is using it’s media power to force increased costs on Dish’s customers. Why is that?

FWIW – I’ve been a happy Dish Network customer for more than a decade. Their customer service and willingness to fight over price increases that cable routinely passes on is the reason.

By: hassan-i-sabbah

hassan-i-sabbah — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 12:02:00 +0000

Where do I get this free meth?

By: hassan-i-sabbah

hassan-i-sabbah — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 12:01:00 +0000

“I don’t watch Breaking Bad anyway, so no loss to me” By not watching Breaking Bad, You are missing out on some great TV.

By: Ray Perkins

Ray Perkins — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 10:57:00 +0000

Ooooh, copyright infringement. Better call Saul! http://www.bettercallsaul.com/

By: niktemadur

niktemadur — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 05:33:00 +0000

In a petulant industry seemingly run by greedy, control-freak, tantrum-prone lawyers, AMC goes in the opposite direction, cool move.
Now if only they’d do reruns of Mad Men in a time slot other than Saturday night going on Sunday morning…

By: Mister44

Mister44 — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 03:22:00 +0000

My phone isnt that fancy ;o)

By: SoItBegins

SoItBegins — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 02:23:00 +0000

Dunno, but the first one is always free.

By: copperwatt

copperwatt — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 21:59:00 +0000

The first one is always free… just like meth.

By: Boundegar

Boundegar — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 21:53:00 +0000

Sad about the Daily Show. I watch it online regularly.

By: noahmckinnon

noahmckinnon — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 20:55:00 +0000

Tight Tight Tight!

By: Sterling Anderson

Sterling Anderson — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 20:41:00 +0000

Register now so AMC can send even more emails telling you to call and bitch to Dish. I’ll just torrent The Walking Dead if necessary when it returns, thanks.

By: mccrum

mccrum — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 20:40:00 +0000

This strategy of AMC’s is not helping my confusion.

By: bcsizemo

bcsizemo — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 20:22:00 +0000

So they will stream you the first episode for free…but now that you have started the season what next? I hope if things don’t work out they continue to stream all the episodes.
(I don’t watch Breaking Bad anyway, so no loss to me.)

By: royaltrux

royaltrux — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 20:03:00 +0000

Thanks for posting this, I was unaware that Breaking Bad was returning so soon. And I definitely prefer AMC’s snarky strategy to Viacom’s.

By: timquinn

timquinn — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 20:02:00 +0000

Why not watch it on your phone then?

By: boingboingdave

boingboingdave — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 19:56:00 +0000

Do you work for AMC or something? sheesh. Also, I don’t know if I’d regard forcing your provider to pay more for their channel and carry their shittier channels, and then pass those expenses on to you, a reward.

By: Thad Boyd

Thad Boyd — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 19:54:00 +0000

So Viacom decides to punish the entire Internet*, and AMC decides to REWARD the entire Internet*. Wonder which one of THOSE strategies will work out better.

* Yes, it’s probably region-locked. Yes, you can probably get around it.

By: Mister44

Mister44 — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 19:52:00 +0000

I’m TV-less right now, and this show is the one I will miss the most.