The OFFICIAL DISH / HBO Thread

[joewhite57]

I’m sure Wade did it. Lol! I’m not the neurotic Marvel fan. Just seen all the movies at least once

 

[pattykay]

Dish removed their Spanish-language placeholder channel from channel 309 today. It looks like HBO Latino is not coming back.

 

[Ganthet]

I loved that guy! Didn't he end it with something like "Real Roman bread for real Romans"

 

[Dudleydog73]

Dish removed their Spanish-language placeholder channel from channel 309 today. It looks like HBO Latino is not coming back.

The uplink report would confirm:

Uplinks Removed
309 DPLCL DishLATINO Película Clásica removed from 110° TP 21 (SD Instant Order)
9459 DPLCL (309 HD) DishLATINO Película Clásica removed from 110° TP 13 (HD Hidden)
9459 DPLCL (309 HD) DishLATINO Película Clásica removed from 119° 4sB23 (Puerto Rico) (HD Hidden)
9459 DPLCL (309 HD) DishLATINO Película Clásica removed from 72.7° TP 23 (HD Hidden)

 

[JSheridan]

Comcast Set to Replace Cinemax with New On-Demand Movie Service Hitz

https://www.multichannel.com/news/c...bXAAYo2+npnNgPz2PKOmtmZAzzo&M_BT=549365288967

 

[Cubs1]

So u saying hbo and Cinemax coming back to
Dish right?? Sound like big change for everything


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[Bobby]

Comcast Set to Replace Cinemax with New On-Demand Movie Service Hitz

https://www.multichannel.com/news/comcast-to-replace-cinemax-with-new-movie-service?utm_source=Selligent&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=4242&utm_content=MCN_Newswire_enews_5/28/19+&utm_term=&m_i=zsAz_0fNzsdG6Vt2MlLT0sNO+lP8kAOPHaMaJ1JTTRMMvUTxMfmT0PIpnSqA3KQcTPD2rOqbXAAYo2+npnNgPz2PKOmtmZAzzo&M_BT=549365288967

So u saying hbo and Cinemax coming back to
Dish right?? Sound like big change for everything


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I have no idea how you derived anything about Dish in JSheridan's post. In fact, his post is the handwriting on the wall. HBO and Cinemax are going to be a thing of the past on anything except ATT/DirecTv from the way I see it!

 

[JSheridan]

I have no idea how you derived anything about Dish in JSheridan's post. In fact, his post is the handwriting on the wall. HBO and Cinemax are going to be a thing of the past on anything except ATT/DirecTv from the way I see it!

Yea, it looks like AT&T is destroying another once great product and company.

 

[long_time_DNC]

I'm still predicting that neither HBO nor Cinemax are returning to Dish, period. If they do, I'll be very surprised. As JSheridan said in #1168, AT&T (aka the Death Star) is destroying a once great product... I spend most of my movie-watching time now on Epix, Starz/Encore, Netflix and Amazon...

 

[pattykay]

So u saying hbo and Cinemax coming back to
Dish right?? Sound like big change for everything

I would say quite the opposite. Dish starting to remove the placeholder channels shows that Dish is finally giving up on ever bringing HBO and Cinemax back. Look for the HDNet Movies on 300 and 310, the info channels on 301 and 311, and possibly even the Netflix app on 302, to all be removed soon. No word yet on what Dish may be putting on those channels next, but my money is still on Starz.

 

[joewhite57]

I'm still predicting that neither HBO nor Cinemax are returning to Dish, period. If they do, I'll be very surprised. As JSheridan said in #1168, AT&T (aka the Death Star) is destroying a once great product... I spend most of my movie-watching time now on Epix, Starz/Encore, Netflix and Amazon...

Well it did take a few months longer than anticipated, that second shoe has dropped. I did keep a bit of hope. First pay tv I subscribed to while stationed in San Diego late 70’s.

 

[JSheridan]

I would say quite the opposite. Dish starting to remove the placeholder channels shows that Dish is finally giving up on ever bringing HBO and Cinemax back. Look for the HDNet Movies on 300 and 310, the info channels on 301 and 311, and possibly even the Netflix app on 302, to all be removed soon. No word yet on what Dish may be putting on those channels next, but my money is still on Starz.

I'm hoping for HD versions of the rest of the premium movie channels. And please don't call me blugras.

 

[pattykay]

What is really ironic is that this thread became designated as the "official" Dish / HBO thread, rather than the original thread that was started when the channels were removed, which still has more posts in it than this thread does.
HBO/Cinemax Takedown

Well, after all this time, this thread finally has more posts in it than the original thread, so I guess that really does make this the "official" Dish / HBO thread now. Perhaps these threads should be merged. Let's make this the longest dispute thread ever!

 

[long_time_DNC]

I'd love to see the non-HD Starz channels in HD, as well as Starz put up HD versions of the rest of the Encore channels and then Dish broadcast them in HD. And why have Epix Drive-In in SD??? The bandwidth is obviously available and I definitely wouldn't mind more movie channels in HD, since 13 slots of bandwidth (most of it was HD) is now free to be used elsewhere...

 

[DWS44]

Regardless of how it all plays out, I hope HDNET Movies keeps a channel location in the middle of the movie channels like it is now. Nice to surf through the movie channels mostly together.

 

[long_time_DNC]

Regardless of how it all plays out, I hope HDNET Movies keeps a channel location in the middle of the movie channels like it is now. Nice to surf through the movie channels mostly together.

I agree...HDNet Movies used to be in the 300's somewhere...it was nice to have it there...

 

[mwdxer1]

I would say quite the opposite. Dish starting to remove the placeholder channels shows that Dish is finally giving up on ever bringing HBO and Cinemax back. Look for the HDNet Movies on 300 and 310, the info channels on 301 and 311, and possibly even the Netflix app on 302, to all be removed soon. No word yet on what Dish may be putting on those channels next, but my money is still on Starz.

If this would have happened 5-10 years ago, HBO/Cinemax probably would have returned. But now with so many choices for getting movies, HBO/Cinemax is not needed as much. I still have HBO streaming for a couple shows, but I may drop it in time. Between what is on Dish like Epix, TCM, Retro, Encore, Starz, etc and streaming Amazon and Hulu. I really wonder how many really need HBO. If it wasn't for the Game of Thrones, Realtime, etc, I doubt they would get near as many subs. Plus $15 a month is expensive. You know, Direct offers a discount for HBO/Cinemax.Maybe Dish should be that with Showtime/TMC or Starz/Encore.

 

[ncted]

Well, after all this time, this thread finally has more posts in it than the original thread, so I guess that really does make this the "official" Dish / HBO thread now. Perhaps these threads should be merged. Let's make this the longest dispute thread ever!

I feel like starting a new thread is warranted to see if it can get as long as this one too.

 

[ekilgus]

I just read that Comcast is dropping Cinemax. I wonder how this might affect the Dish/HBO stalemate?

 

[NYDutch]

I don't see it having any effect unless it prompts HBO to drop their excessive subscriber count demand.