Dish Adds Scripps To OTT Portfolio

[dfergie]

A week after Sony made a splash by signing up Viacom’s 22 networks to its planned over-the-top video offering, Dish Network announced that Scripps Interactive Networks has signed a comprehensive deal to offer its suite of channels including Food Network, HGTV and Great American Country to its own service targeted at Millennials.



Dish has said that it plans to launch the service – which some believe could be named “nuTV” – early next year.

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[zippyfrog]

The next couple of sentences is what caught my attention - "Moreover, the agreement widens exposure of Scripps Networks programming to a larger swath of DISH’s traditional viewer base by opening DIY Network and Cooking Channel to the popular “America’s Top 200” programming package"

There have been quite a few channels moving down from Top 250 to 200 over the past year.

 

[Deadlocked]

The next couple of sentences is what caught my attention - "Moreover, the agreement widens exposure of Scripps Networks programming to a larger swath of DISH’s traditional viewer base by opening DIY Network and Cooking Channel to the popular “America’s Top 200” programming package"

There have been quite a few channels moving down from Top 250 to 200 over the past year.

Honestly I think DISH is either going to drop the 250 option or merge BB@H with it when next round of price changes happen.


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[Deadlocked]

Dish also got TV Anywhere rights.

I think Dish is using this OTT service to help get new deals mid contract and gaining TV Anywhere rights.


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[JTBenson]

Is there a list of channels that Dish has agreed to for OTT Anywhere on the web?

 

[Deadlocked]

Disney, A&E Networks, and Scripps


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[JTBenson]

Disney, A&E Networks, and Scripps


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Those are the content owners. Is there a list of the channels that they have agreed to?

 

[osu1991]

All the Disney, ABC, ESPN channels, the A&E nets (AE,History, Lifetime etc..) the Scripps Channels (Food, HGTV, GAC, Cooking etc..) the Time Warner channels (TNT, TBS, HBO, Cinemax), NBCU/Comcast channels (USA, SYFY, NBC Sportsnet, Golf etc), and TCM. Those are the ones of the top of my head, I can think off.

They are working on a deal with Fox. They don't have the Discovery Networks and I don't think Dish has access to the Starz Nets or the Viacom/Showtime Nets either

 

[Deadlocked]

All the Disney, ABC, ESPN channels, the A&E nets (AE,History, Lifetime etc..) the Scripps Channels (Food, HGTV, GAC, Cooking etc..) the Time Warner channels (TNT, TBS, HBO, Cinemax), NBCU/Comcast channels (USA, SYFY, NBC Sportsnet, Golf etc), and TCM. Those are the ones of the top of my head, I can think off.

They are working on a deal with Fox. They don't have the Discovery Networks and I don't think Dish has access to the Starz Nets or the Viacom/Showtime Nets either

No access to Starz I can confirm.


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[ChadT41]

None to Showtime for sure...yet. Any one betting if we'll have it after Christmas? It's been the number one requested app on the dish forum since 2012.

 

[Yespage]

The one thing that catches my eyes... this IP TV thing only works for the millenials if it is cheap. Based on the channel slates, it seems like the only difference will be it is IP. Not certain how the price can drop a bunch if all the main players have channels in these packages (whatever they may be).

The next couple of sentences is what caught my attention - "Moreover, the agreement widens exposure of Scripps Networks programming to a larger swath of DISH’s traditional viewer base by opening DIY Network and Cooking Channel to the popular “America’s Top 200” programming package"

There have been quite a few channels moving down from Top 250 to 200 over the past year.

There will be little to nothing between 200 and 250. I'd love to have the Cooking Channel back, they actually show cooking shows... for now.

 

[Deadlocked]

When will this be in effect?


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[Stargazer]

Comparing what Directv offers in their similarly priced packages to Dish's packages, Directv offers channels that Dish does not offer. This is one reason why I believe Dish is moving some channels from 250 to 200 to be more comparative to Directv.

I am curious if their IPTV service will offer each company's set of channels in each separate package (mini packs) for people to choose or if they are going to try to setup packages like cable/satellite currently do.