Mens Outdoor and Recreation Network
08-29-2007, 08:56 PM
#21
Spike
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location:
Posts: 13
RE: Mens Outdoor and Recreation Network
The mens channel went bankrupt....it has nothing to do with the services that carried it. The channel isnt paying their bills they will no longer be aired. Its a simple concept. You guys need to understand that outdoor tv has very little importance in the tv network world. Most would rather dump it then run it. If it wanst for the productsponsored shows it would probably be non excistent, their willing to spend the money to see themselves on tv so the system works..for awhile..this isnt the last train wreck you will see IMO.
08-29-2007, 09:04 PM
#22
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Ponce de Leon Florida USA
Posts: 10,079
RE: Mens Outdoor and Recreation Network
I'm not too surprised they went bankrupt, as you say the hunting viewing audience is probably a small percentage. A month or two ago when DISH dropped them they said they were in negotiations with MOR's owners and that part gave me hope. I hope the "Old Buzzard's" boys have a good hand on their Outdoor Channel.
08-30-2007, 02:10 PM
#24
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: NoVA
Posts: 39
RE: Mens Outdoor and Recreation Network
I'm surprised that nobody mentioned this...but I'll bet that the PETA supporters are dancing a jig somewhere out in the woods.
I just upped my service on DirecTV the other day to add the $12.00 OutdoorChannel. The only problem is that now MOR is gone I have nowhere else to go for hunting programs when VS and OC start airing crappy programming like Tap Out, or other mundand and boring psuedo sports.
I'd gladly pay if another channel would pick up their hunting programs.
Don't know what to do with my nights now...no coyotes around here that i know of.
I just upped my service on DirecTV the other day to add the $12.00 OutdoorChannel. The only problem is that now MOR is gone I have nowhere else to go for hunting programs when VS and OC start airing crappy programming like Tap Out, or other mundand and boring psuedo sports.
I'd gladly pay if another channel would pick up their hunting programs.
Don't know what to do with my nights now...no coyotes around here that i know of.
08-31-2007, 01:24 AM
#25
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 1
RE: Mens Outdoor and Recreation Network
MOR's parent company got caught up in a complex deal with EchoStar which owns Dish. Dish tried to force them to renegoiate a contract they had recently signed. When MOR wouldn't do it, they dropped MOR and seven other networks owned by MOR's parent company. Lawsuits were filed by both sides and now you see the end result.
It sucks. I've been a producer in the hunting and fishing industry for 20years and have seen deals like this happen. Remember TNN? Now, there's a lot of good shows and good people (I had no shows on MOR) with no place to go. Outdoor Channel can only take so many.
It sucks. I've been a producer in the hunting and fishing industry for 20years and have seen deals like this happen. Remember TNN? Now, there's a lot of good shows and good people (I had no shows on MOR) with no place to go. Outdoor Channel can only take so many.
