Free Weekend on Premiums??

[sotied]

Hey, is this weekend the FreeView with HBO/Showtime and all channels open?

I heard it was coming up, just wanted to know whether to get my DirecTivo ready for the onslaught of shows.

Thanks,

Jeff

http://www.bowlofcheese.com

[JimSpence]

This is the first i've heard of an HBO freeview.

Do you have a link?

[sotied]

OK. Here's the deal. I dug around looking for a Freeview deal where the premium channels are all free for the weekend, and I found nothing.

They used to run these about two or three times a year and each channel - HBO Showtime Cinemax etc. used to provide free movies all weekend. Sometimes there woud be a banner at the bottom of the screen just to remind you to subscribe.

But as far as I can tell, that practice has stopped on DirecTV.

WHAT did happen though, is after a call to DirecTV I was offered three months of Showtime FREE by the phone person.

I didn't have to do anything but ask about the Freeview weekend and she offered it up.

So now I'm deep in movies and loving it. Will likely subscribe for $12 a month after it expires, but it's the coolest.

Later,

Jeff

http://www.bowlofcheese.com

[captain_video]

Check out the new Blockbuster on-line if you like movies. I used to belong to NetFlix but I get about twice the number of movies with Blockbuster. I don't think you'll find a better deal anywhere for renting movies, plus you don't have to wait months for them to show up on HBO or PPV.