MSNBC is losing viewers

[AndreaCG]

By not letting people without cable watch their shows online. You'd think they would want to appeal to the younger generation who use the internet to view content as well as we old fogies who have eschewed cable. They can still get commercial revenues as other online providers do. Pretty stupid on their part.

[Romeo.lima333]

1. the younger generation is abandoning american propaganda broadcast t.v.

[fredamae]

3. ^^^^I agree^^^^ n/t

[RKP5637]

5. Yep, quite true. Many are fed up with traditional news media! MSNBC still doesn't get what's going

on IMO.

[Romeo.lima333]

9. get it or not tptb gave them their orders - they took away our radio now they'll take tv and

when the lobbyists get done bribing congress they'll take the internet

[RKP5637]

12. Sadly, that sure seems to be the plan. TPTB don't want the masses to be able to freely

communicate via the Internet.

[Romeo.lima333]

14. they want to control the message

[RKP5637]

16. Yep, exactly! When just a few giant corps. control all the media, that's what we get. Controlled

messaging while their propaganda spews how unbiased and open they are, it's all a facade.

[Fred Sanders]

17. The younger folks recognize trolls when they see them.

[krawhitham]

26. No the younger generation want TV/Movies without paying for it

Most "cordcutters" use any excuse for piracy. They don't want bundled cable TV, they do not want commercials, they want to watch at a different time, they want it on their phone. So most download or stream (illegally). There are ways to get all these demands met legally but then they claim those options are to restricting.

They use torrent to download and/or one of hundreds of XBMC and/or Plex plugins to stream content without paying for anything

http://www.reddit.com/r/Roku
http://www.reddit.com/r/CordCutting
http://www.reddit.com/r/cordcutters
http://www.reddit.com/r/PleX/
http://www.reddit.com/r/xbmc/
http://www.reddit.com/r/kodi/


But back to the orginal OP

MSNBC is losing viewers
By not letting people without cable watch their shows online. You'd think they would want to appeal to the younger generation who use the internet to view content as well as we old fogies who have eschewed cable. They can still get commercial revenues as other online providers do. Pretty stupid on their part.

No cordcutter has a nielsen box so MSNBC is not losing ratings to them, The other news networks have seen a decline too but no where near has much as MSNBC

One of the issues MSNBC has is that 5-6 shows each day all cover the same stories, people get tired of hearing about the same topics with the same guests over and over. MSNBC seems to be worse on this issue than other news channels.

But all news channels have an inherent flaw that Raising Hope sums up great

[Romeo.lima333]

30. maybe, there's a poster here who says they cut it due to propaganda

28. I did. Propaganda on

any station sux.
people who pay attention dont want the propaganda, those who dont, want free tv

[840high]

28. I did. Propaganda on

any station sux.

[Ptah]

2. Do any of these links work for you?

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show

http://www.msnbc.com/hardball

http://www.msnbc.com/the-ed-show

http://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word

http://www.msnbc.com/all

http://www.msnbc.com/politicsnation

http://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe

[AndreaCG]

4. Nope

I get the commercial perfectly but no content otherwise. Thanks for trying though.

Supposedly there's a way to get special online content but it doesn't seem to be the actual shows.

[Historic NY]

20. You may have a problem with your browser or media player...

setting check out the computer group they might be able to help. Commercials mean money so they get through...

[chillfactor]

6. they all work for me...n/t

[Gidney N Cloyd]

11. Are those live feeds?

[SheilaT]

22. They are not live feeds.

You can watch at least some of the shows on MSNBC a couple of hours after they are broadcast live. That's how I watch Rachel every night.

Offhand, I'm not aware of any networks that stream content live, other than when TV stations go to live streaming when covering breaking news.

I can't imagine why a link that works for me isn't working for someone else, unless you have some kind of blocking software that's interfering.

[marle35]

19. They only work if you have a cable/satellite TV subscription

A few of the shows have video downloads (podcasts) that don't require a subscription- namely Rachel Maddow and Morning Joe. They are typically posted about 3 hours after the show airs, and they are in low resolution. The Morning Joe podcast is being discontinued at the end of this month. The same thing may happen to Rachel's show soon.

http://www.benjaminoakes.com/2015/01/25/nbc-quietly-discontinuing-video-podcasts/

I agree with the OP that it's a bad move if they're just going to continue with the cable TV package deal. I don't want to pay $100/month just to watch a few shows. I'm 31 but that's true of more and more people of any age.

[Ptah]

21. I did not know that.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. You can watch their shows on line.

So that's not the problem. The problem is that management has been diluting the quality of the programming. I haven't watched MSNBC in months because it just isn't very interesting any more. Maddow is OK; the rest of the shows are a huge yawn.

[RoverSuswade]

13. We must think a lot alike!

When I watch Ed I get the feeling he has his hands tied behind his back. It must be very frustrating for him. Remember when Keith used to let it all out - no holds barred. 2008 was the top of the mountain for MSNBC. Gone downhill since Keith quit.

[RKP5637]

15. Same here. MSNBC is all blah for the most part. n/t

[RoverSuswade]

8. M$NBC is losing ME.......

but not for the no-online reason. The shows are just becoming dull and boring (most likely because of censorship by Griffin & the GOPboys). I've gravitated to CNN and Al Jazeera (amazingly I can even tolerate the Wolf-man).

[Romeo.lima333]

10. the wolf-man says "we'll have to leave it there" ...................... eom

[Fred Sanders]

18. Then you are stronger than I to tolerate war monger Blitzer.

[csziggy]

23. MSNBC is losing me as a viewer because they show too many right wing nuts

Almost every show in the afternoon and evening has five to ten minutes of the current crop of crazy clown idiocy. I don't want to want watch those whack jobs ever - if I did I would be watching Faux Noise. If I want to know what they are saying, I come to DU where I can read selected quotes and not have to listen to their annoying voices or look at their crazy eyes.

Whenever MSNBC puts those right wing nuts on their programs, I change the channel. Usually I get involved in some other programming and don't turn back to MSNBC for hours. I used to watch All In, Rachel Maddow, and Lawrence O'Donnell regularly - now I watch other programming almost every night.

[grasswire]

24. I don't watch MSNBC at all anymore

...and I used to be a faithful viewer. I might watch Ari Melber if he gets a show. The others are no longer a draw for me.

If MSNBC moved farther left, I would be more likely to watch.

[bemildred]

25. It's all crap. nt

[uhnope]

31. MSNBC is "all crap"???

Another extreme view, I see, like http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141021154#post18

What is so wrong with MSNBC that makes it "all crap"???

[bemildred]

32. Television is all crap.

That would certainly include MSNBC, although I like Rachel, she at least fights the good fight.

[global1]

27. MSNBC Needs To Determine Who They Are Before They Can....

lean forward.

[Kablooie]

29. I watch Rachel online the day after it's broadcast.

I love her views, they are very observant and well researched, but if her whole show wasn't available online I wouldn't watch it at all.

That's all I watch on MSNBC.