So those INFO channels (if they actually become available) are simply to officially let existing subscribers know that the RSN's are not coming back?I am told there are no plans on bringing back the Sinclair RSN’s at this time.
So those INFO channels (if they actually become available) are simply to officially let existing subscribers know that the RSN's are not coming back?I am told there are no plans on bringing back the Sinclair RSN’s at this time.
Here is my stab at it if they aren't coming back.... A lot of those uplinks 99.9% of people never see or know about what is happening behind the scenes. When they were called "INFO" that is when they drop the channel and there is the slate that says "so and so has removed this channel". Right now those channels are only used for the out of market sports packages, so Dish renamed them to their actual channels for people working at Dish so when they turn on channels for the out of sports packages, they link the right channel to the right team...And when Scott's connection looked at the data and not seeing full video on the info channels, it was probably when it was just a slate and not when the channel was active for a live game.So those INFO channels (if they actually become available) are simply to officially let existing subscribers know that the RSN's are not coming back?
Geez, maybe I'll have a shot at Philly sports after all. As it stands now I have no access to Comcast Philly sports unless I want to pay to have the cable TV service run to my house and pay top tier price forever after.Some people might be interested. Sinclair Broadcast Group makes bid to buy NBC Sports Philadelphia, other local networks – Phillies Nation
Have you seen the HBO/Cinemax thread? It has been going on much longer than this one, and it is nothing but guesses. As I said in that thread, I still think that someone from Dish reads this site and tries to gauge how much actual interest there is in these channels returning. So, the more activity there is in these threads, the more likely (even if it is ever so slightly more likely) that the channels will actually return. If you want these channels to return, then keep posting in these threads and keep them active. There is nothing else we can do to impact things, so we may as well make our voices heard here. If you do not want these channels to return, then you may protest by simply not posting in these threads, which is also the only action (or rather, inaction) you can take to impact things.Why don't we table this and watch to see what happens. All these guesses aren't doing any good. If something remarkable happens then post it.
Also, as I already pointed out, they did not bother to rename all of the Bally Sports Info channels. BS Great Lakes remains as just a plain INFO channel, for example.Ok, that is a stretch on my part, but I find it strange that they would rename just the Bally Sports RSN's from "INFO" to their actual names but not do it with MASN, Altitude, and the NBC RSN's (which are still all up there for the out of market packages).
I just deleted the post.If I ever need a meme, you'll be the first person I call.
I am sorry, but this is absolutely ridiculous.Have you seen the HBO/Cinemax thread? It has been going on much longer than this one, and it is nothing but guesses. As I said in that thread, I still think that someone from Dish reads this site and tries to gauge how much actual interest there is in these channels returning. So, the more activity there is in these threads, the more likely (even if it is ever so slightly more likely) that the channels will actually return. If you want these channels to return, then keep posting in these threads and keep them active. There is nothing else we can do to impact things, so we may as well make our voices heard here. If you do not want these channels to return, then you may protest by simply not posting in these threads, which is also the only action (or rather, inaction) you can take to impact things.
Again, I started these threads, so I will decide what is relevant, and when they are no longer serving any purpose.
Alternatively, rather than have separate threads on individual uplink topics, I have been considering doing a monthly thread about all interesting uplinks each month. This would be similar to my series of Free Previews threads. So, any discussion about any remarkable uplinks may take place there, if there is enough interest in having such threads each month. Let me know.
No, I think that I went to the trouble to start the threads (which cost me nothing, and cost Charlie less than nothing) about these uplinks in order to start a discussion on the internet to see how much interest there is in these channels returning to Dish. Thanks for playing.I am sorry, but this is absolutely ridiculous.
You think that Charlie went through the expense and trouble to upload HBO feeds to satellite so that he could spur a discussion on the internet, which he would then monitor to gauge interest in adding the channels?
There are so many problems with this idea I am not going to point them all out.
No, I think that I went to the trouble to start the threads (which cost me nothing, and cost Charlie less than nothing) about these uplinks in order to start a discussion on the internet to see how much interest there is in these channels returning to Dish. Thanks for playing.
I am sorry, but this is absolutely ridiculous.
You think that Charlie went through the expense and trouble to upload HBO feeds to satellite so that he could spur a discussion on the internet, which he would then monitor to gauge interest in adding the channels?
There are so many problems with this idea I am not going to point them all out.
It must be pretty bad when Jean-Luc shows up.
Have you seen the HBO/Cinemax thread? It has been going on much longer than this one, and it is nothing but guesses. As I said in that thread, I still think that someone from Dish reads this site and tries to gauge how much actual interest there is in these channels returning. So, the more activity there is in these threads, the more likely (even if it is ever so slightly more likely) that the channels will actually return. If you want these channels to return, then keep posting in these threads and keep them active. There is nothing else we can do to impact things, so we may as well make our voices heard here. If you do not want these channels to return, then you may protest by simply not posting in these threads, which is also the only action (or rather, inaction) you can take to impact things.
Again, I started these threads, so I will decide what is relevant, and when they are no longer serving any purpose.
Alternatively, rather than have separate threads on individual uplink topics, I have been considering doing a monthly thread about all interesting uplinks each month. This would be similar to my series of Free Previews threads. So, any discussion about any remarkable uplinks may take place there, if there is enough interest in having such threads each month. Let me know.
As I speculated in another thread, based on some of the other changes being made in that same uplink report, it looks like any move toward Dish making a deal with Bally Sports may jeopardize Dish's existing deal with NBC. (Along the lines of NBC telling Dish "Wait, you are going to carry their RSN's? Then we want you to carry our NBC Sports RSN's too, and we'll pull our NBC and Telemundo affiliates off of your system until you bring back the NBC Sports channels.") With the Olympics coming up, I don't see Dish actually making any moves that would threaten to impact that coverage. So, I wouldn't expect the Bally Sports channels to return until after the Olympics at the earliest, and the AT&T RSN's may also disappear by that point also.
Hmmm... with today's uplink, the Olympics 4K channels that had been in testing are now No Longer Available.I took Scott's "no plans on bringing back the Sinclair RSN's at this time" as confirmation of my earlier speculation that any such deal would jeopardize Dish's deal for the NBC O&O stations right before the Olympics. So, the earliest they would return would not be until after the Olympics. Meanwhile, with the Sinclair locals contract being negotiated, Dish still has to act like they are playing ball with Sinclair, to avoid having Sinclair take away the NBC affiliates that they own (along with all of the other locals owned by Sinclair) right before the Olympics. So, this renaming move simply indicates that Dish is playing both sides, trying to keep any existing deals in place (and/or get some short-term extension) until the pressure is off to have coverage of the biggest sporting event of the year.
The test is done and they will be put up for the actual Olympics later this month.Hmmm... with today's uplink, the Olympics 4K channels that had been in testing are now No Longer Available.
No Longer Available
9962 OL4K1 Olympics 4K 129° TP 22 4K *TEST* Hidden
9962 OL4K1 Olympics 4K 72.7° TP 19 4K *TEST* Hidden
9963 OL4K2 Olympics 4K 129° TP 22 4K *TEST* Hidden
9963 OL4K2 Olympics 4K 72.7° TP 19 4K *TEST* Hidden
I wonder what happened?
After continued interest in this idea in my (former) HBO/Cinemax uplink thread, I decided to implement it. That thread had been my designated place for any further uplink updates for the remainder of this month. Then, that thread sadly disappeared. I could have used this thread for that purpose (It is a de facto "July uplink thread" since I did start it on July 1) but the discussion here has already gone too far off the rails. So, I have started the new thread below as a replacement:Alternatively, rather than have separate threads on individual uplink topics, I have been considering doing a monthly thread about all interesting uplinks each month. This would be similar to my series of Free Previews threads. So, any discussion about any remarkable uplinks may take place there, if there is enough interest in having such threads each month. Let me know.