Need to buy something today? Please buy it using this link. However, they remain off the Entertainment package for new customers. The removal generated significant criticism online which apparently led to DIRECTV returning the A&E networks. Update: reported on Wednesday, December 15, that DIRECTV has restored the four A&E channels to the lineup of existing customers without them having to opt-in. “That’s correct, there are going to be some changes in the content, however no worries, you can log into your online account here: and following the steps to request to keep the channels.” “Let us bring some light into this,” wrote. Is this legit?” tweeted Twitter customer service team responded that it was indeed true. “I received a card in the mail from saying that I will lose History and A&E channels on December 8th unless I choose to opt in for these channels for no additional charge. One upset customer posted a notice from DIRECTV saying the channels will be removed unless they opt-in to return them. “I’m furious, got a email from DirecTV that they are removing vice, history and A&E to opt in for the channels free of charge go to the link and it says thanks the channels will be removed! WTH!,” tweeted last month. The opt-in removals has caught many subscribers by surprise.
Grassley’s office for a comment and will report back here if we get more information from DIRECTV or the senator. Grassley lost The History Channel due to the new policy or because it was removed from the Entertainment package.
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The TV Answer Man has asked DIRECTV for further clarification such as whether the opt-in policy includes other channels, how it is determined whether the subscriber is “actively engaging” in the channels, and whether Sen. And Grassley later tweeted that he learned that he would have to pay extra to get The History Channel, which could suggest he lost it from the Entertainment package. However, the four channels are still listed in DIRECTV’s Choice plan, which is $5 to $20 a month extra than Entertainment.
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Any interested customers who are not seeing it yet want to add it back at no additional cost can visit It’s unclear if Grassley lost The History Channeldue to not ‘actively engaging’ in the channel, or whether it was because The History Channel, A&E Network, Vice and Lifetime Movie Channel were recently removed from DIRECTV’s Entertainment plan regardless of whether subscribers were watching them or not. “We recently informed customers who have not actively engaged in History and other select channels that the content will no longer appear in their lineup. A DIRECTV spokesman this evening issued this e-mail response to our inquiry: Chuck Grassley’s Twitter post from Saturday in which he said The History Channel was pulled from his lineup. The unusual policy came to light today when the TV Answer Man asked DIRECTV about Sen. The satcaster has notified the subscribers that they can get the channels back at no extra cost by visiting /channel-opt-in.
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See update at the bottom of this article.