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Indiana experienced a snowfall which made this particular road icy. Comcast techs blocked one travel lane. According to local authorities, the workers used OSHA Best Practices properly and deemed the company not at fault for the several vehicle crashes...

yep you read that.. My friend just moved into his new house. He had been a DTV sub for many years. He had a 34 and a HR 22. I told him to ask the tech about an upgrade to a 54 and three clients. The tech calls it in and VOILA! he got a 54 and three clients. At no additional cost. Note. He just...

Can I watch live sports? I have been on the roku and hulu sites. They advertise all these services but i have not heard of most of them...Is streaming a viable alternative to traditional pay tv?

This is the CRAP techs have to put up with from some of these yahoos who think that because their name is on the deed, they can do whatever they want...

News item... Time Warner announce the company is no longer negotiating with other pay tv providers in the LA market. Time Warner claims it made several "good faith" efforts to get other providers in the LA RSN's foot print to come on board......All for naught...

Dish announced today their call center in Alvin TX will be closed. 550 people work at the facility. They will be offered positions elsewhere in the company. This is a common business practice. So why post this thread?... The reason given is Dish executives believe they are doing so well with...

its out...The 16 tuner Hopper 3 with 4K capability and other features is now available.... http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160201005703/en/

Dish reiterated its position that a merger between these three companies is in their opinion anti competitive. https://us-mg5.mail.yahoo.com/neo/launch?.rand=2kvags7dhd4d3#9432550963

Looks like Dish is going to throw some spike strips in the road on this proposal. Dish is claiming this merger will reduce competition, give "New Charter" significant if not unfair leverage and allow it to create "choke points".... Courtesy dish.com.. DISH Petitions FCC to Deny Charter/Time...

TEGNA owner of 51 stations in 39 US Markets is in a retrans kerfufel with Dish. And of course who takes it in the shorts? The consumer. Courtesy dish.com DISH Urges TEGNA to Extend Contract; Potential TEGNA Blackout Would Impact Millions TEGNA threatens ahead of contract expiration to...

In a statement on the FCC blog, FCC Chair Tom Wheeler expressed a desire to rid the country of these outdated exclusivity rules which for example prevent a provider from pulling in an out of town affiliate in the event of for example a retransmission dispute...

News item picked up by firececable.com . The story states that any chance of Directv subs getting access to the college sports net are essentially dead. http://www.fiercecable.com/story/pac-12-network-chief-says-talks-directv-are-dead/2015-09-21?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal

...On Dec 5th 2015 a San Francisco federal court will begin hearing a case FTC vs Driectv. The complainant alleges Directv has been misleading in its advertising. http://www.fiercecable.com/story/directv-false-advertising-beef-ftc-headed-trial-december/2015-07-28?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal

Disney CEO Bob Iger says ESPN will evenrtually go to a la carte. Here's the kicker. At today's costs, Iger says an ESPN subscription will cost consumers $36 per month... I think that is an absurd amount of money for ONE channel...

According to http://www.fiercecable.com/story/netflix-amazon-hulu-drive-127-drop-live-tv-viewing-january-analyst-says/2015-02-04?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal TV viewing ratings overall saw a 12 plus per cent drop. The reason.....People turning to streaming video services. IMO, this is only...

Saw an announcement that CSN Chicago and Dish have failed to come to a new agreement. CSN Chicago has put up a website iwantcsnchicago.com for viewers to leave comments. The dispute will result in Dish customers losing Blackhawks, Bulls, White Sox and Cubs games.

...And it does not look like this is gonna be an afternoon of cocktails and levity DISH Network Petitions FCC to Deny Comcast Time Warner Merger ENGLEWOOD, Colo. --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Citing irreparable harm to competition and consumers, DISH Network Corp. (NASDAQ: DISH) petitioned the...

I have a friend that asked the following.... How do I save recordings from my 722k and have the ability to watch them on my computer? I explained to him that he needed an external hard drive for his receiver. However, my thinking is that the data on the EHD cannot be viewed on his computer. If...

In my guide, there is a note stating "Important info regarding A&E networks"... Info says "A&E networks has removed its channels from your line up" It also give a web address. www.dishisonyourside.com

I am trying to help out a friend on a timer/programming issue. He has Hoppers. My friend told me Hoppers do not have the ability to 'manual time' programs. Meaning, A) one cannot set start and end time manually.. B) cannot simply press "record" and then record a program or portion of a program.

This comes from a friend who has the RTN racing service. He claims he had trouble recording races for review at a later date. Most of these are fairly large bettors. They do this for a living. For them, information is everything. I explained to him, I know of no such restrictions on recording...

Paul Maxwell who owns mediabiz.com is the former head of "The Evening Bridge" which was at one point skyreport.com, reported the following: DirecTV To Acquire DISH Subs DISH CEO Joe Clayton, noting it "is simply ludicrous to use so many satellites to duplicately send the same signals to...

Yep. Used an older SSB with the 21 volt output. Hooked it up to the SWM-3 lnb and BANG...upper 90's and 100's across the board.. No problems. None of that dithering baloney. All sigs good on 99 and 103....

Ok...I have turned over every rock on DTV"s website and save for the HR-34 Whole Home receiver fee which appears to be $20 per month, I cannot for the life of me find the monthly fees for HD DVR's and HD receivers. SO Here is what IO am asking. PLease tell me what the fees are for each...

Ok. Been out of the business for a couple years. Got a question. My brother bought a home in a neighborhood where the local cable company supplies local channels to each home as part of their HOA fees. He wants Directv installed at the home. I told him diplexing in the cable sig would be...