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F......... Comcast
Posted: October 24, 2005 1:29 pm
by El mojito
I was wanting to watch OLN on Dishwork this weekend
BUT it turns out that Dish has dropped it Because Comcast owns the rights for it . Basta .....and they want more $$$$ Now i will have to pay extra for the Tour, and the American Cup race plus i cant watch world rally races i find this to be a real bitc.............
Posted: October 24, 2005 1:29 pm
by buffettbride
Get DTV. Comcast blows.
Edit: Ugg. If Comcast owns the right then that prolly means DTV is out too.
Posted: October 24, 2005 1:31 pm
by mings
I have DirecTV. Dish is crap. I've never had Comcast.
Posted: October 24, 2005 1:31 pm
by nycparrothead
Posted: October 24, 2005 1:33 pm
by LIPH
I'm a stockholder so yes, I like Comcast.
Posted: October 24, 2005 1:33 pm
by land_shark3
Then wouldn't that be an issue with Dish? Obviously Dish didn't want to pay whatever Comcast was going to charge them.
Posted: October 24, 2005 1:35 pm
by mings
Or just get DirecTV. You can sign up, get 4 receivers, free Sunday Ticket, and have it added in with your Verizon service. (Can you tell I work for the agency that advertises Verizon?)
Posted: October 24, 2005 1:39 pm
by NYCPORT
I've had Comcast for almost 2 yrs. and no complaints here...Well I could use a few more HD channels, but who couldn't.
Sounds like you should take up your problem with dish.
Posted: October 24, 2005 1:41 pm
by nycparrothead
mings wrote:
Or just get DirecTV. You can sign up, get 4 receivers, free Sunday Ticket, and have it added in with your Verizon service. (Can you tell I work for the agency that advertises Verizon?)
AWESOME!!! And then when I want to switch back and forth between games I can look at a screen that says "Searching for signal" for 10 seconds before the picture comes up... Um... No thanks!
PS - Verizon blows too.. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW BIT<H??!!
Posted: October 24, 2005 1:41 pm
by El mojito
land_shark3 wrote:Then wouldn't that be an issue with Dish? Obviously Dish didn't want to pay whatever Comcast was going to charge them.
Dish says they want to keep the cost down for their customers, which i can understand and like, also I have had Dish networks for 5 yrs with no problems i think they are one of the best deals going.
Posted: October 24, 2005 1:44 pm
by land_shark3
El mojito wrote:land_shark3 wrote:Then wouldn't that be an issue with Dish? Obviously Dish didn't want to pay whatever Comcast was going to charge them.
Dish says they want to keep the cost down for their customers, which i can understand and like, also I have had Dish networks for 5 yrs with no problems i think they are one of the best deals going.
Well of course you can keep the costs down if you don't carry the channels people want to watch.
Last time I looked, ESPN was actually the most expensive channel for a provider to carry. I think they charge over $2 per subscriber.
Posted: October 24, 2005 1:45 pm
by mings
nycparrothead wrote:mings wrote:
Or just get DirecTV. You can sign up, get 4 receivers, free Sunday Ticket, and have it added in with your Verizon service. (Can you tell I work for the agency that advertises Verizon?)
AWESOME!!! And then when I want to switch back and forth between games I can look at a screen that says "Searching for signal" for 10 seconds before the picture comes up... Um... No thanks!
PS - Verizon blows too.. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW BIT<H??!!
The searching crap is Dish - not DirecTV (at least not yet). Yes, Verizon does blow, but less than the other companies. DirecTV has live in-game stats and scores while you're watching the game. It's cool. I was in my glory yesterday while you were .... not watching??
Posted: October 24, 2005 1:46 pm
by nycparrothead
mings wrote:nycparrothead wrote:mings wrote:
Or just get DirecTV. You can sign up, get 4 receivers, free Sunday Ticket, and have it added in with your Verizon service. (Can you tell I work for the agency that advertises Verizon?)
AWESOME!!! And then when I want to switch back and forth between games I can look at a screen that says "Searching for signal" for 10 seconds before the picture comes up... Um... No thanks!
PS - Verizon blows too.. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW BIT<H??!!
The searching crap is Dish - not DirecTV (at least not yet). Yes, Verizon does blow, but less than the other companies. DirecTV has live in-game stats and scores while you're watching the game. It's cool. I was in my glory yesterday while you were .... not watching??
Well then... In that case I have no clue about DirectTV.. I thought Dish and DirectTV was the same thing...
Posted: October 24, 2005 1:48 pm
by mings
nycparrothead wrote:mings wrote:nycparrothead wrote:mings wrote:
Or just get DirecTV. You can sign up, get 4 receivers, free Sunday Ticket, and have it added in with your Verizon service. (Can you tell I work for the agency that advertises Verizon?)
AWESOME!!! And then when I want to switch back and forth between games I can look at a screen that says "Searching for signal" for 10 seconds before the picture comes up... Um... No thanks!
PS - Verizon blows too.. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW BIT<H??!!
The searching crap is Dish - not DirecTV (at least not yet). Yes, Verizon does blow, but less than the other companies. DirecTV has live in-game stats and scores while you're watching the game. It's cool. I was in my glory yesterday while you were .... not watching??
Well then... In that case I have no clue about DirectTV.. I thought Dish and DirectTV was the same thing...
nah. Dish, in my experience is worse. I bought the Rugby World Cup from them last year, and then waited up for the Aussie game, at like 2am and then saw nothing. Apparently my receiver was unaware that it was supposed to receive. I gave an hour of my life fighting with Dish to get my $$ back. WTF. DirecTV seems so much better so far.
Posted: October 24, 2005 2:09 pm
by Tiki Bar
DirecTV Sunday Ticket... hubby loves it! Even has the enhanced all-games-simultaneously-on-one-screen thingy... FREAK!
Posted: October 24, 2005 2:22 pm
by Zuke
Tiki Bar wrote:DirecTV Sunday Ticket... hubby loves it! Even has the enhanced all-games-simultaneously-on-one-screen thingy... FREAK!
I do believe that Directv and Sunday ticket is one of the great inventions of our time!
Posted: October 24, 2005 2:35 pm
by MG
From Multichannel News:
Dish Sends OLN to Penalty Box
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By Mike Reynolds 10/21/2005 4:35:00 PM
Dish Network has dumped OLN’s puck.
In a dispute over the presentation of National Hockey League games, EchoStar Communications Corp.’s direct-broadcast satellite service said it has removed the Comcast Corp.-owned network from its air in the wake of demands from OLN to make it more widely available to its customer base.
Dish has been making OLN available to some 3 million of its 11.4 million subscribers, below the 40% threshold the service has been requesting.
Adelphia Communications Corp. recently agreed to make OLN more widely available, while Cablevision Systems Corp. continues to position the network on a $4.95-per-month sports tied that currently only counts 22,000 customers. Comcast has replaced the NHL games with other programming.
OLN and Cablevision are continuing to try to reach a resolution, according to an OLN spokeswoman.
As for Dish’s decision, senior vice president of programming Eric Sahl issued the following statement: “We work hard to provide choice for our customers and to keep prices low. Most of our customers have made the decision that they do not want to pay the additional cost of watching that channel.”
For its part, OLN offered this comment: “We are surprised and disappointed that Dish has unilaterally chosen to stop providing OLN to its customers and denied fans the opportunity to watch sports coverage on OLN. We are also disappointed that EchoStar cut off the ongoing discussions with OLN that were designed to bring OLN's great programming to Dish customers. Fortunately, those customers do have the ability to explore other cable and satellite options that carry OLN.”
http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6 ... erral=SUPP
Posted: October 24, 2005 2:41 pm
by land_shark3
Like I said... looks like this one is Dish's fault.
Posted: October 24, 2005 2:50 pm
by El mojito
MG wrote:From Multichannel News:
Dish Sends OLN to Penalty Box
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By Mike Reynolds 10/21/2005 4:35:00 PM
Dish Network has dumped OLN’s puck.
In a dispute over the presentation of National Hockey League games, EchoStar Communications Corp.’s direct-broadcast satellite service said it has removed the Comcast Corp.-owned network from its air in the wake of demands from OLN to make it more widely available to its customer base.
Dish has been making OLN available to some 3 million of its 11.4 million subscribers, below the 40% threshold the service has been requesting.
Adelphia Communications Corp. recently agreed to make OLN more widely available, while Cablevision Systems Corp. continues to position the network on a $4.95-per-month sports tied that currently only counts 22,000 customers. Comcast has replaced the NHL games with other programming.
OLN and Cablevision are continuing to try to reach a resolution, according to an OLN spokeswoman.
As for Dish’s decision, senior vice president of programming Eric Sahl issued the following statement: “We work hard to provide choice for our customers and to keep prices low. Most of our customers have made the decision that they do not want to pay the additional cost of watching that channel.”
For its part, OLN offered this comment: “We are surprised and disappointed that Dish has unilaterally chosen to stop providing OLN to its customers and denied fans the opportunity to watch sports coverage on OLN. We are also disappointed that EchoStar cut off the ongoing discussions with OLN that were designed to bring OLN's great programming to Dish customers. Fortunately, those customers do have the ability to explore other cable and satellite options that carry OLN.”
http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6 ... erral=SUPP
Oh.... fudge and Boulderdash.
Posted: October 24, 2005 3:27 pm
by tequilatom
nycparrothead wrote:mings wrote:
Or just get DirecTV. You can sign up, get 4 receivers, free Sunday Ticket, and have it added in with your Verizon service. (Can you tell I work for the agency that advertises Verizon?)
AWESOME!!! And then when I want to switch back and forth between games I can look at a screen that says "Searching for signal" for 10 seconds before the picture comes up... Um... No thanks!
PS - Verizon blows too.. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW BIT<H??!!
i never had that problem w/ directv.......directv was smart enough to present the NFL package to the NFL and protected themselves........cable has been out there a lot longer and had there chance!!