My local Cable Provider is advertising a free Showtime weekend January 6th thru 9th. Anyone know if Dish Network will be participating?

I know Dish often has their own promos and doesn't participate in these free weekends as often, just curious if anyone knows on this one?

With the new season of Shameless starting on the 8th I would probably hazard a guess that yes Dish is doing the preview

Only free preview I see coming up for sure is NHL Network from Dec 29-Jan 2. Free Previews (http://www.dishnetwork.com/SupportSection/perks-free-preview)

Doesn't Californication also start at the same time?

It seems like it's been a long time since we've seen a free Showtime preview weekend.

Only free preview I see coming up for sure is NHL Network from Dec 29-Jan 2. Free Previews (http://www.dishnetwork.com/SupportSection/perks-free-preview)
on channel 187 too? lol

Seems all providers are doing this. Direct just advertised the free preview as well.

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Then most likely we will be hearing something before too long.

Dish is not participating.

Went on the Showtime website to check their schedule for the free preview weekend and instead found a list of participating providers, in the fine print at the bottom it says not available to Dish Network customers.

Bummer, here's the link to the Showtime page:

http://www.sho.com/site/freepreview/2012/providers.html

Just like dish didn't partapate in the fox soccer plus free preview. First they were then they pulled out.

well dang

Oh well I just dropped me free sho anyway.

Do these freeviews cost dish anything?

Dish is offering FREE preview of all 8 HBOs and Cinemaxs on the 27,28,29, & 30 of January.
Her is the link:
Free Previews (http://www.dishnetwork.com/SupportSection/perks-free-preview)

bummer. would have liked to use my Dish tuner for some of the programs instead of hogging up the D* receiver

Dish is offering FREE preview of all 8 HBOs and Cinemaxs on the 27,28,29, & 30 of January.

A free preview weekend right after they ended the 3-month free preview?

I've seen enough of these two channels to not understand how anyone could pay so much money for a small handful of good movies or shows.

A free preview weekend right after they ended the 3-month free preview?

I've seen enough of these two channels to not understand how anyone could pay so much money for a small handful of good movies or shows.

One man's trash is another's gold...... Hard to beat the great programs HBO has. Most subscribed premium, so it seems to be popular. With the advent of HBO GO even better. Neighbor never saw "Deadwood" has wanted to, can't really afford to buy the set. I have wanted to watch it again so we get together and watch on my account.

I don't get it -- who said no to the free preview for Dish customers, Showtime or Dish?... and why would either one say "no soup for you"?

Dish does freeviews on their terms. I have family on Comcast, FiOS, and DirecTV, who usually do free previews at the same time. But not Dish.

I don't get it -- who said no to the free preview for Dish customers, Showtime or Dish?... and why would either one say "no soup for you"? I bet it was Showtime. They probably have joined the ranks of programmers who feel DISH cheapens their brand. I was hoping to watch Californication season 5 opener to get a tease for when I get the DVD but I'll just have to wait for the DVD without a tease.

What "cheapens" Showtime's brand is these annoying pop-ups at the bottom of the screen since yesterday periodically telling me how to get $25 Cash Back, and giving me an 800# to call to order Sho during the movies/shows I'm watching. Obviously since I have Dish, and I'm watching Showtime this weekend, I already PAY for Showtime. They really ought to confine the advertising to between the programming, not during it.

What "cheapens" Showtime's brand is these annoying pop-ups at the bottom of the screen since yesterday periodically telling me how to get $25 Cash Back, and giving me an 800# to call to order Sho during the movies/shows I'm watching. Obviously since I have Dish, and I'm watching Showtime this weekend DISH takes a national distribution feed. SHO assumes the whole pay tv universe is taking their feed in free preview when they put all those cash back offers on the screen and DISH has no way to get rid of those. I think SHO's brand is cheapened by the fact I seem to recall I was offered at one time SHO for a penny a month if I went paperless or enrolled in auto-billing. I did neither because I like having control of my bank account and having written records plus not much I like on SHO other than Californication and Shameless.

At least it isn't like Starz where they advertise their original programming during movies like a basic channel.

I still don't get it -- if Showtime wants to give away its programming for free as a promotion this weekend, why would Dish refuse to participate? Or, if Showtime is having a well-advertised free weekend across the country to promote its channel and get new subscribers, why would they exclude Dish customers?

I still don't get it ****ing match between DISH and Showtime? nothing else makes sense.

it appears the premieres of the new shows from Sunday night can be watched for free for a limited time so you may want to go to sho.com to check them out since DISH didn't have them in the free preview.

What I don't get is the idea that paperless billing means "no written records" when you can save all your pdf bills and print them off if you need a paper record.

I think it more likely that is a backlash on the free yr give away of Starz. Also many of us just got Sho for free for 3 months.