Dish dropping Fox Sports Detroit?

[Claude Greiner]

I saw a Facebook advertisement on this?

Is it true?

Last time I think was in 2011 and Fox sports was off for a month.

Granted the fact the Tigers do suck does give Dish the advantage.

 

[Claude Greiner]

Don't Let DISH & Sling Drop Fox Regional Sports Networks Nationwide!

 

[mwdxer1]

I read this also. If Dish starts losing Sports channels, they will lose a lot of subs. I am not a sports fan, but many friends & family are.

 

[satjay]

Saw the ad as well, looks like the 22nd. So I get a break from the Tigers who are a embarrassment. Looks like local fans are the winners here lol and if for some reason it goes on a while, we also get a break from the last place wings and mediocre pistons.

 

[Claude Greiner]

I wonder if they are serious this time or it’s another ploy to get a better rate.

Since most providers charge a regional sports fee. Customers should be given the option to drop fox sports and save the $10/mo or whatever the provider paid for the channel.

If they would all do this the whole bottom would drop out of the professional sports market.

It’s about time for the players salaries to take a correction

 

[NYDutch]

Just another carriage dispute...

 

[emtjim]

Could be interesting since Fox sold the regionals to Siclair.

 

[zippyfrog]

It's gonna get a lot worse over the next couple of weeks...

https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/dish-faces-multiple-outages-carriage-contracts-disney-fox-sports-1203274496/

Also on the horizon: FX, National Geographic and the other Fox Channels that Fox sold to Disney.

Then there is a separate deadline for the FOX Owned and Operated channels, Fox News Channel, Fox Business, and Fox Sports 1.

So in all, this is a three pronged dispute: channels that are going to be transferred to Sinclair (the RSN's). A sticky point with that is the new Cubs network that Sinclair will want to get out as much as possible. There are the Fox channels that Disney now owns, and my guess is Disney will want to add ACC Network to those negotiations. There there are the FOX channels themselves that Fox still owns.

 

[comfortably_numb]

I don't miss this sh*t at all. Happily free of these antics. Paid $85 for MLB.tv single team package and I get Big Fox OTA; goodbye blackouts.

 

[zippyfrog]

Here is the link of FX and National Geographic - deadline is Sunday night at 11:59pm est.

https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/dish-faces-blackout-of-fx-and-national-geographic

 

[worstman1]

I'm watching the fox sports detroit broadcast and the broadcasters have read the statement twice and a scroll on the bottom. Gonna get old fast.

 

[Gobucks]

I wish all cable and satellite companies would give subscribers that option. I would love to see them all do that with local channels too.

To bad none of them have the balls to do it. Except Dish.

I wonder if they are serious this time or it’s another ploy to get a better rate.

Since most providers charge a regional sports fee. Customers should be given the option to drop fox sports and save the $10/mo or whatever the provider paid for the channel.

If they would all do this the whole bottom would drop out of the professional sports market.

It’s about time for the players salaries to take a correction

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[zippyfrog]

DISH Promise | MyDISH | DISH Customer Support

This list of channels gets longer - FX, Nat Geo, FXX, FXM, Nat Geo Wild, and Nat Geo Mundo

 

[satjay]

Watching a bit of fox sports Detroit while I can just watched the tigers blow a 5-1 lead in one inning. Boy will I miss them

 

[HipKat]

People in the Champaign/Springfield, IL market will not be happy if they jump ship for DTV and find out too late that DTV is missing 4 local channels. Regardless, every dispute, people change from one service to the other. The number that jump ship is probably minimal

 

[comfortably_numb]

people change from one service to the other. The number that jump ship is probably minimal

But that doesn't make it any less frustrating (and extremely annoying)

 

[HipKat]

But that doesn't make it any less frustrating (and extremely annoying)

Agreed, but I wish the customers would realize who to point the finger at

 

[comfortably_numb]

Agreed, but I wish the customers would realize who to point the finger at

They don't care and when we try to waste our breath explaining, their eyes glaze over. The customer sees the bottom line and that's "Hey, I lost my favorite channel." To them, these disputes look petty and childish (and that's not too far from the truth in my opinion)

 

[HipKat]

(and that's not too far from the truth in my opinion)

Agreed again!

 

[HipKat]

They got a reprieve. Dish is keeping FXSMW up while they negotiate a new contract!