Dish Programming Changes (Effective August 1st)

[ehren]

I dumped Platninum HD since I already get NHL Network HD with my CI sub thank goodness.

[M Sparks]

IF they don't mess with the bundled price for PREMIUM movie packs , there is no problem. I have always said that DISH should practice the KISS method and clean up their confusing programing and fee structure. That being said , this didn't clear up the mess and make it clear to subs, they only complicated it further.

So If you are right Sparks, we will still be able to bundle and save with Premium movie channels and only those premiums? But the way they worded it was to say if you had dvr advantage and now "with dvr",each premium add on would be added at full price to the bill- thus the confusion. IF all they are doing is saying you can't count the hd pack , and the top 250 bonus pack as premiums , then I understand. This never made a lot of sense to me to count those add ons as premiums anyway.

I agree that it's worded TERRIBLY, but that's how I read it.

Remember, this press release is not aimed at consumers. The bottom line is, the pricing structure that will be presented on websites, brochures, etc, will be simpler than it was. Not simple enough, but simpler.

[M Sparks]

I would like to know who the freaking moron is in the accounting department that came up with the new packages. I have been with Dish for about 8 years and have really never understood their billing system. I am sure that they will justify the need and their reasoning behind the change.

Well, it wouldn't be accounting, it would be marketing, since it's mostly just name changes. If you're complaining that they are too complicated (which they are), shouldn't you be happy that they are a bit simpler now?

To me it looks like Dish wants to alienate their already shrinking subscriber base and give us a mid year price increase for some.

Where is the price increase? I don't see it. The only wild card is the $3 discount some of us are getting...it's not mentioned here. But the package associated with it is not changing price-only name. And it was going to end in a few months anyway.

Check the record, I have LONG been a very vocal critic of DISH's package structure. This is a small step in the right direction. And if you don't want to deal with it, just do nothing.

[tigerfan33]

I tell you what Dish, you throw in ESPNU hd and we will act like this whole program change is a great idea and that we really know what you are talking about.

[fbbonline]

Dare I ask how this is going to effect HI/AK customers where the HD Platinum package is not available?

[TheKrell]

The only wild card is the $3 discount some of us are getting...it's not mentioned here. But the package associated with it is not changing price-only name.

There is also the locals wildcard. I don't see that mentioned either.

[Jim S.]

For the Platinum HD package it does mention existing customers, but for Dish DVR Advantage and the others it does not.

One thing I find interesting is that we have it in writing from Dish that the HD Platinum is no longer going to exist as of August 1st, so I do believe that exisiting customers have a right to bitch if they continue getting charged for a package that by Dish Networks own words no longer exists.

But the HD customers who don't have Platinum will also have a right to bitch if they don't get get the extra channels since they'll be paying the same price as those who do. I don't see anything addressing that.

What needs to happen is that someone needs to get Dish to address this issue, since the press release is almost completely illogical. If they're unable to offer a coherent explanation, they should be in a mental hospital, not running a company.

[TheFid2]

I tell you what Dish, you throw in ESPNU hd and we will act like this whole program change is a great idea and that we really know what you are talking about.

AMC HD for me. I crave it so baddd

[normang]

So, I've read this whole thread, and somehow still missing the bottomline//..

If you have Platinum now, which is a $10 package, come 8/1, you'll get it anyway and your bill goes down $10, yes or no??

Or

If you have Platinum now, and you cancel it, you get a $5 cancel fee, and save $10 month thereafter, but on 8/1, those channels come back? Yes or No?

If you never had Platinum, but had Gold, come 8/1, do those channels fall into Gold HD, Yes or No?

Like many others, I am not sure why these people sit around and try to find ways to seemingly make this more complicated.

[randyoh]

So if you have to call and order the former Platinum HD channels after August 1st, what do you ask for?

The channels formerly known as Platinum?

The ex-Platinum channels?

I think they should follow Mel Brooks' lead and call it Ludicrous HD.