BIG 10 is BACK - A Deal Has Been Reached!

[Teehar]

With so many talks going on at the same time, E*'s negotiations department probably has one of those "Take a number" dispensing machine at their door. E* is currently serving #54. Meanwhile, ESPN has #1325, AMC #2754, BTN has#4218 and Fearnet has 9416.

lol yea I would say so.The hotline probably is playing a message (we are experiencing extremely high call volume your wait could be a long one)

[flyingsquirrel]

... and the BTN most assuredly doesn't know Dish that well, if they thought their hard line would prevent Dish from letting the channel be dropped.

Fox Cable does the negotiating for BTN. Fox is a 50% partner and does all the business and technology. Fox knows Dish very well. This could have come as no surprise to anyone.

[jbrelish]

We have dish at two locations and pay over $300 per month. Because of their greed and lack of ethics we are switching asap.

Well I pay around $164 for 1 location. And I could care less if BTN ever comes back. Why, I don't watch it. Greed on Dish's part, well I rather my bill not go up due to Dish caving on the price increase from BTN. If BTN is so interested in their viewers there is a simple solution. Allow Dish to sell it a la carte. Then if you want it, you pay for it.

[Yespage]

Well I pay around $164 for 1 location. And I could care less if BTN ever comes back. Why, I don't watch it. Greed on Dish's part,...

On what basis do you know it is "greed on Dish's part"? It seems so many people are privy to these closed door negotiations.

[Hall]

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If BTN is so interested in their viewers there is a simple solution. Allow ALL PROVIDERS to sell it a la carte. Then if you want it, you pay for it.

If they did that, the other providers might ask for the same deal and BTN knows that wouldn't be a good thing ! They'd quickly go out of business !!

[jbrelish]

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On what basis do you know it is "greed on Dish's part"? It seems so many people are privy to these closed door negotiations.

I was responding to the post I quoted. I just am getting tired of everyone jumping on the Dish is greedy train. Some posters say Charlie is greedy. Fact is Charlie also has to answer to stockholders being its a publicly traded stock. On the BTN side,I have no knowledge of their business structure. As to their motivation on the price increase, who knows.

There are 2 parties in the dispute, both are a business, both want to make money. And a lot of people posting here cannot get beyond that fact. And I personally have no inside info on this dispute.