CBS stations return to DISH

[Skytrooper]

Pittsburgh area got cable mid 60's. HHT, Hollywood Home Theater preceded HBO on channel 3, early 70's. Yes, it was easy to steal. Everyone had channel 3 "interference traps". Living near the airport meant every time a plane flew by, the picture would go nuts. Cable eliminated this problem.

TV's with cable tuners appeared late 70's. It used to be nice just to connect coax to the TV without a box.

 

[lparsons21]

Assuming SHO goes dark this evening, I wonder if Dish will automagically reduce/remove the sub and fee? Something makes me think they won't...

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

From what I have been hearing through the grape vine (nothing official) it is looking like the channels will go dark tonight.

 

[AlaJoe]

I don't understand why Dish, Direct, Comcast, Charter, and Uverse don't form an alliance and have all their carriage contracts end on the same day. Then when a provider wants a ridiculous increase they can just say as a group NO!! We will all drop you and not pay.

 

[satjay]

From what I have been hearing through the grape vine (nothing official) it is looking like the channels will go dark tonight.

Any way to post a countdown clock

 

[satjay]

Assuming SHO goes dark this evening, I wonder if Dish will automagically reduce/remove the sub and fee? Something makes me think they won't...

If I subbed to it I would check for sure, since it's a premium. I am currently getting it a at no cost for a few months so nothing really to check for me

 

[dangue]

I don't understand why Dish, Direct, Comcast, Charter, and Uverse don't form an alliance and have all their carriage contracts end on the same day. Then when a provider wants a ridiculous increase they can just say as a group NO!! We will all drop you and not pay.

It is illegal for them to collude in this manner.

 

[lparsons21]

If I subbed to it I would check for sure, since it's a premium. I am currently getting it a at no cost for a few months so nothing really to check for me

Being of the "don't trust and verify" mindset, you can bet I will!!

Too bad that you can't see transactions at Dish's website, only each bill. That's one thing I liked about Direct's site, any transaction showed up when it occurred.

 

[sam_gordon]

Doesn't Dish have a separate contract for Showtime? Or is that contract expiring at the same time, so therefore it can be part of this dispute.

And no one here knows how these negotiations are happening. CBS may not be willing to compromise on their asked for price OR Dish may not be willing to compromise on what they're willing to spend. They BOTH should compromise.

 

[dare2be]

It is illegal for them to collude in this manner.

The irony is it's not illegal for companies to buy up channels and collude with the content.

 

[Bronxiniowa]

I don't understand why Dish, Direct, Comcast, Charter, and Uverse don't form an alliance and have all their carriage contracts end on the same day. Then when a provider wants a ridiculous increase they can just say as a group NO!! We will all drop you and not pay.

That's called collusion in restraint of trade. It's illegal. Major League Baseball tried that in the 90s when the owners refused to talk with a number of free agents. They were found out.

 

[bluegras]

please dish come to agreement for all of us who of us who watch cbs and showtime.

 

[CK SatGuy]

Now my CBS station (WWJ-TV) keeps posting there message at the top of every hour saying to call Dish and "TELL THEM YOU WANT YOUR CBS." Yup, I want CBS so badly that I have an OTA antenna as well. No need to complain to a Dish CSR. And I don't even have Dish anymore.

 

[patmurphey]

But if you're watching streaming, aren't you required to sit through the ads? Yea, I'm sure Moonves is crying in his cereal over people using their streaming.

Yes, but the next day viewing has the ads reduced by almost 17 minutes - not bad for a workaround.

 

[darrengs]

Yep 300% increase seems fair to me
http://online.wsj.com/articles/cbs-plays-hardball-as-affiliate-fees-pile-up-1408578087
"CBS, which has fewer cable-channel properties than its competitors but has been working to reduce its reliance on advertising in recent years, has made no secret of its plans to aggressively claim its slice of the retransmission-consent-fee pie. It has told investors that it plans to get to $2 billion in retransmission revenue, including money paid by affiliate stations, by 2020, up from $500 million last year."

 

[bellevuecoug]

From what I have been hearing through the grape vine (nothing official) it is looking like the channels will go dark tonight.

Completely off topic, Scott has the best avatars on here - he must know somebody.

 

[lparsons21]

please dish come to agreement for all of us who of us who watch cbs and showtime.

Only if you promise not to bitch when the rates climb even higher!

 

[satjay]

Now my CBS station (WWJ-TV) keeps posting there message at the top of every hour saying to call Dish and "TELL THEM YOU WANT YOUR CBS." Yup, I want CBS so badly that I have an OTA antenna as well. No need to complain to a Dish CSR. And I don't even have Dish anymore.

Same locals as you, the radio commercials this morning made it sound it was the end of TV as we know it so call Dish!!

 

[kozmo104]

Same locals as you, the radio commercials this morning made it sound it was the end of TV as we know it so call Dish!!

I have detroit cbs as well. I'm hoping, but I know already that we can't. Maybe they will switch us to another cbs channel until all the dust stalls down.

 

[bwexler]

I am physically closer to San Diego transmitters than LA. SD is not O&O. What is the chance of Dish allowing me to see SD instead of LA?