How about that Dish Network?

AsSiMiLaTeD
AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,728
edited February 2024 in Clubhouse Archives
I'm a not too pleased Dish Network Customer right now. Hopefully this Viacomm situation gets resolved soon.
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  • Pauly
    Pauly Posts: 4,519
    edited March 2004
    Thread like this went around couple months back. I am another dissatisfied customer of Dish Network. My year is up next month and am looking other routes
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,728
    edited March 2004
    Originally posted by spasticpitbull
    Thread like this went around couple months back. I am another dissatisfied customer of Dish Network. My year is up next month and am looking other routes

    Well, you have heard about the Viacomm stuff right? I'm losing quite a few of my channels...
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  • Pauly
    Pauly Posts: 4,519
    edited March 2004
    what channels? havent heard anything
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,728
    edited March 2004
    Originally posted by spasticpitbull
    what channels? havent heard anything

    All the Viacomm Channels....check out www.dishnetwork.com, see the popup..

    It's all over the news here in TX
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  • dylan
    dylan Posts: 453
    edited March 2004
    (Looks like the above link caught the comma at the end).

    I was wondering why I kept seeing warnings about Dish Network on my DirectTV system.

    EchoStar ditches Viacom's channels
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  • Pauly
    Pauly Posts: 4,519
    edited March 2004
    thats what that was they kept blackin it out. Man < a month left with them
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  • Pauly
    Pauly Posts: 4,519
    edited March 2004
    No SpongeBob....NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: WTF
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  • Frank Z
    Frank Z Posts: 5,860
    edited March 2004
    Do a little reading at WWW.DBSTALK.COM
    There's more to it than just E* taking viacom channels down. Viacom is askik for upwards of $350 Million from E* and the CEO (Charlie Ergen) of E*is not willing to shell out that kind of coin. It's been going on for quite some time and the negotiations have not been going well at all. I really think that Charlie is doing the right thing, Viacom is really out in left field on this one.
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  • Pauly
    Pauly Posts: 4,519
    edited March 2004
    DishNetwork doing anything like this?
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  • Frank Z
    Frank Z Posts: 5,860
    edited March 2004
    Originally posted by spasticpitbull
    DishNetwork doing anything like this?
    :confused:
    Do you mean Directv?
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  • Pauly
    Pauly Posts: 4,519
    edited March 2004
    LOL yeah i meant Direct TV
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  • Frank Z
    Frank Z Posts: 5,860
    edited March 2004
    The Viacom stations are still up on DTV, but it could be a matter of time before it happens there too. Keep in mind that what's being "done" is not really E*'s fault, it's a matter of a contract expiring and Viacom wanting a great deal of money to allow E* to continue transmission. E* is unwilling to pay the HUGE increase in fees. Ther are some people that feel Viacom is being unreasonable, others think E* is cheap. $350 million is a boat load of money to shell out, and guess who ends up paying for it. This could just as easily happen to DTV or any of the CATV providers out there.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited March 2004
    this really is terrible.. not that I watch MTV or VH1 or any of the other Viacom channels that much.. but it threatens (us being able to watch) the NCAA playoffs.. and that really bites IMHO
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  • amulford
    amulford Posts: 5,020
    edited March 2004
    Man, that **** BLOWS! I have already signed up for dish network. It dosen't seem that too many channels I'd be interested in would be affected, but WTF?

    I wonder if they are going to adjust the price accordingly?
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,728
    edited March 2004
    Originally posted by amulford
    Man, that **** BLOWS! I have already signed up for dish network. It dosen't seem that too many channels I'd be interested in would be affected, but WTF?

    I wonder if they are going to adjust the price accordingly?

    They are going to adjust the price, but not accordingly...you'll get back an extra dollar a month...

    problem for me is that about half of my TV watching is on CBS, to which I will no longer have access...they should give me back at least 50% of my payment...and even that won't work becuase it still doesn't get me CBS...
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited March 2004
    so how does this affect CBS progamming? i hear it's affecting like the top 10 or 15 TV markets.. they can't get CBS programming on thier Dish network.

    Can you pull CBS off your over the air local station? I do in HDTV, it looks great. full 1080i
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  • goingganzo
    goingganzo Posts: 2,793
    edited March 2004
    try voom i am a cable person as many tv as i have at no extra charge.
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  • amulford
    amulford Posts: 5,020
    edited March 2004
    That's the only saving grace, I am getting a new tv w/ a HD tuner so I can pull in the OTA HD broadcasts if I want. I have to get a decent HD antenna, though. That was the plan from jump, I just have this thing about paying fo stuff that is free.
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  • Frank Z
    Frank Z Posts: 5,860
    edited March 2004
    The only CBS stations that will not be on the air are owned and operated (O&O) by Viacom.

    Click on this link for the channels affected as reported by DBSTALK.
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