Dish’s Ergen Scraps Blockbuster Plans After Wireless Delays

[dbs2000]

And i don't like this one bit! will the BB@home channels take the old platinum name back?

That is an excellent question considering we lost the BB package channels here in Puerto Rico. I had the Platinum Pck and lost them all.

[356B]

I've been getting BB for since the beginning. Many get it for free as a perk, reward or apology for something gone wrong. Personally I've enjoyed the DVD part of the service, granted it's a little slow at times.
Of greater concern is the streaming, with the obvious Sling / Dish Online problems and no real fix in sight I'm wondering if this may morph into a totally new system.
I do not know if there is a immediate business connection between Dish Online and BB, but for sure the rentals and streaming are synonymous.
It has become obvious customers are at the whim of the providers. All you need to do is look at the Zoom suit, the AMC dispute, and now the Gannett issue, to name a few.
Could this BB situation be the beginning of the end for the current Sling / Dish Online program also?
Change is the only thing you can really count on....

[jimdandyvi]

Try again. According to another forum the BB package is now available in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

[KAB]

Try again. According to another forum the BB package is now available in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

Don' think so...at least not according to Dish. See bottom of page:

http://www.mydish.com/upgrades/blockbuster/

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[4d3fect]

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feel the same way myself..investigating other ways of getting entertainment onto our display as we speak...

[yaz96]

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Scott's point was, if you already had it and were paying $10 you got additional feature for no extra cost. If you didn't like the Blockbuster part you didn't have to use it, you still went on with your same service. Even if the movie in the mail part didn't work well it was still an additional feature for no extra charge. It's terrible getting more for money isn't it?

There were many who DID NOT get more for their money . The DVD's never were shipped, and it has been stated that the on-demand movie selection did not increase and the streaming did not work.

So, what exactly MORE did they get?