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fmj77 said:

I called the retention dept about the locals only pack and was told the same thing, that it was only available during the pandemic. Well, I've got news for them: the pandemic ain't over. I work in healthcare and we're seeing more cases than ever.

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TVFanatic2022 said:

I guess we have to keep calling and requesting a higher-level person. Dish should be willing to at least say on what day they believe the pandemic "ended."

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pattykay said:

Several people where my sister works got sick recently, and every household in America still qualifies for a free 3rd round of test kits. So, it sure doesn't seem to me like the pandemic is over yet.

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fmj77 said:

Considering everything started opening back up around the 3rd week of January 2020, I guess they consider the pandemic over.

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charlesrshell said:

What year?

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jerryez said:

Most people are back to work, at least those that want to work. There are few quarantines that force people to stay home and watch tv, so Dish has no incentive to give away locals at a loss. LOL

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pattykay said:

At that point, quarantines hadn't even started here yet. In Ohio, we had a March primary election that year, and the decision to delay that primary was very last-minute. People (including myself) were still planning to go to their polling location to vote up until the night before election day. So, March 2020 was the first time quarantines really affected me, and that was also when Dish started rolling out more and more free previews to help people who were stuck at home. Fast forward to today, when there are the fewest free previews that I have seen in a long time. (At least until the last week of July, when we get MLB Extra Innings.) So yeah, it does seem apparent that Dish feels the pandemic is over.


No, they just have an incentive to give away a ton of Spanish-language streaming channels (Vix TV) at no cost. LOL

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Bobby said:

That's just it, streaming doesn't take up satellite space while locals do.

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pattykay said:

Do we know for sure that the guide info for the streaming channels is delivered via streaming, rather than via satellite? These channels show up in the uplink reports (whenever we actually have uplink reports) when they are added, so there is some kind of uplink happening at that point. If the guide info is being delivered via satellite, then these streaming channels do take up some space. Granted, that is nowhere near as much space as a video stream, but when you have hundreds of streaming channels, that can quickly add up.

So the questions are: If the streaming channel guide info is delivered via satellite, then why does the guide info not go out all the way in the guide, like it does for satellite-delivered channels? On the other hand, if the streaming channel guide info is delivered via streaming, then why can't Dish do the same thing for OTA local channel guide info, to provide more accurate guides for all subchannels?

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MikeD-C05 said:

They can ride the wave of what is left of satellite and then put all their resources in to making Sling tv the better ott service...

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MikeD-C05 said:

...Incidentally Sling tv already does use internet to provide correct ota guide information for the ota channels and sub channels. but I guess DISH doesn't know what the right hand of the company is doing from the left hand.

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fmj77 said:

I meant the 3rd week of January 2021 was when everything started opening back up.

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