Any word on Dish price increases?

So, that contract I just signed, reducing the cost of my programming package by $10 per month, will be offset by a $10 separate fee for locals? Cool.
I hadn't thought about that. Dish locks everyone into a two-year price lock, which only guarantees the price of the core package, and then separates out the local channels as an add-on so they can still raise the bill. Since the core package price is locked for two years, does that mean that you also do not get the additional $5 reduction to the core package that Dish is promising to partially offset the cost of the local package?
 
Maybe, just maybe, the lock is for an increase in the price of core programming and not for a decrease.... ;)
Maybe, but with the $10 discount for the contract, the price is already locked at a lower rate than the $5 decrease to the regular price, so the additional $5 decrease may not apply.
 
Hmm, wonder how Welcome is impacted. You have the locals, but no RSN.

According to the article linked before, Welcome Pack won't see a change. http://www.multichannel.com/news/distribution/cable-fees-set-rise-new-year/409676

"Dish customers that receive the two-year price guarantee won’t see any change to their bill for that period, and neither will customers currently in a promotional pricing period. Hall added that customers of Dish’s Flex Pack, Welcome Pack or DishLATINO Basico also will not see increases."
 
But a $5 increase to me says that the Locals will be $10 per month in addition to the cost of your $5 decreased base package.
 
According to the article linked before, Welcome Pack won't see a change. http://www.multichannel.com/news/distribution/cable-fees-set-rise-new-year/409676

"Dish customers that receive the two-year price guarantee won’t see any change to their bill for that period, and neither will customers currently in a promotional pricing period. Hall added that customers of Dish’s Flex Pack, Welcome Pack or DishLATINO Basico also will not see increases."
That's good for me!
 
“To offset this change, we have reduced core programming package charges by $5 per month,” Dish said in an email message. “However, the combined impact of these changes will result in a $5 increase to the monthly bill.

http://www.multichannel.com/news/distribution/cable-fees-set-rise-new-year/409676

But a $5 increase to me says that the Locals will be $10 per month in addition to the cost of your $5 decreased base package.

I guess you suffer from selective reading abilities.....
 
New core pricing in Red... (Up $5)

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That's the problem, a $10 charge for locals, but they cannot be removed. So, they are blaming there $5 increase on local contracts this year. What will they come up with as a blame next year?
 
Dish will be offering local over the air antenna installs (which makes no sense as if you have an AT package you must tae the $10 locals too, and there are no OTA tuners for the Hopper currently available...)

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