Recent content by flyingsquirrel

Telling the C31s to stay on does not solve the issue. I am getting very tired of this.

I left Dish after 14 years for Directv. My experience might be instructive for someone. WHY? My wife got more upset than I about AMC. I got really pissed off the second time that Dish and the Big Ten network. So I started looking around. I had been thinking about upgrading from my 622/612...

I agree that the importance of this is over-rated. For one, it's in the interest of every ad-supported network to have an audience. Why would comcast in particular cut off access to something like NBC sports for Dish network or Directv? That would cut off more than 25% of all us households. Why...

This is what I have now: AT250 HBO Sho Blockbuster at Home HD DVR Protection plal DVR service Total would be 128 and change Directv would be: Choice Ultimate HBO Sho Advanced Recvr service and three TVs At the end of the promotion period, that comes to about $110.

I have been with Dish through thick and thin for the entirety of the 21st century. But the way they dealt with the Big Ten Network upset me enough to compare Dish to Directv. Ultimately, the Big Ten thing gave me a case of "conflict fatigue". I have a 622 and a 612. I have no contract. I want...

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.

This is clearly NOT about the stores or that type of Brick and Mortar distribution system. I would guess it is about the Brand (says as much in the statement) and perhaps about inheriting distribution agreements. However, many distribution agreements do not survive a change in ownership, so...

Nothing is going to happen until FCC rules on Comcast/NBC merger

This will get solved when one of three things happen: 1) dish contract to carry abc locals comes up. 2) dish contract to carry ESPN comes up. 3) espn launches a cable channel that dish feels it needs. At that point things will get settled up and both sides will issue "partnership" statements...

I do have an antenna, but at my distance WTTW and wycc are iffy at best, especially on windy nights. I see dozens of other cities getting PBS hd. It would be easier for dish to pick up WTTW than for me to spend $200 on a new antenna install. Jus wondered if anyone heard anything about what the...

Sorry if this has been covered before, but what is the delay for PBS Hd in Chicago? No WTTW? No wycc? What gives?

That is a long time from now. It's more possible that it will come up during the negotiations for ABC O&Os. I thought I heard that is next fall.

I hope this means that Fox and Dish have together come to the conclusion that they are not enemies, and that the enemy is actually the trend toward people moving "Off-the-Grid". Through Dish, and potentially through GoogleTV, programmers like fox maintain an element of control and a revenue...

That's the value of men that watch events live and don't skip commercials.

There are two chances: 1. Get an antenna 2. If the FCC thinks that cablevision and fox are not bargaining in good faith, the may try to order arbitration on that case. And that may spill over into the dish-fox case. So arbitration may be ordered in that one as well. Me, I have an antenna.