Dish adds Glenn Beck's The Blaze to its Top 250 Package

[empiretc]

I just don't understand how they say one thing today and the opposite the next day. Scott may have a personal affinity for Mr. Beck and therefore that channel but how does Dish balance that with the lost of AMC...

Will bet this channels gets watched more on a weekly basis than AMC.

 

[CubsWin]

What a disappointment. I was expecting 103.5 The Blaze, Chicago's rock station in the early 90's.

 

[Yespage]

I guess adding a channel is good? but what about fearnet for Gpollock?
Sorry, not too excited about this new addition. Ho hum.

Yeah... typically I don't get angry when a new channel is added. But happy I'm not helping to pay for it, like Fox News.

My guess is that this channel will get much higher ratings than Current, which is on the flip-side politically. Much higher.

Yes and no. I'd expect this channel to get higher ratings than Current. No, Current is hardly the flip-side, that'd be a Moore-Coulter false equivalency.

Now on that note a word of warning to all members... we have a strict No Politics Rule here in the public forums of SatelliteGuys, so please do not turn this thread political or it will be closed.

That's quite a good policy for board like this!

 

[cardinalrooter]

sad to see this programming addition, let's bring on fearnet instead

 

[gpollock87]

I guess adding a channel is good? but what about fearnet for Gpollock?
Sorry, not too excited about this new addition. Ho hum.

FEARnet is not just for me. it would be for all of us who want it

 

[gpollock87]

S.E. Cupp - alone - is worth $5 a month.

I would pay that for FEARnet each month.

 

[Baltzer]

I'm looking forward to TheBlaze on Dish although many subs would disagree. But what we really need is a la carte programming choices. Then if you don't want it you don't have to pay for it. Let a free market decide.

 

[Kent4499]

Great addition to my favorite media provider,(Dish Network).

 

[Zorlac]

Sad day for dish imo. Hate the guy. Would rather lose 10 channels than have this one.

 

[Mr Tony]

Sad day for dish imo. Hate the guy. Would rather lose 10 channels than have this one.

thats why receivers have channel locks

lock the channel then hide locked.....wont ever see it in the guide

 

[empiretc]

thats why receivers have channel locks

lock the channel then hide locked.....wont ever see it in the guide

Well said. People just need to do this, the same way we ignore posts like that.

 

[mike123abc]

This channel is probably very low cost, or even pays Dish for carriage (probably not cash but perhaps free with free Dish commercial insertion). So, for Dish it is a no brainer to add this channel. They will have a die hard fan base. It is probably like a shopping channel.

Those that go crazy even seeing it in the guide can simply lock it so that it vanishes, never to be seen again...

 

[Mr Tony]

Well said. People just need to do this, the same way we ignore posts like that.

or you could dislike it and after 10 "dislikes" the post goes away

 

[Rolling Joe]

According to the NYT item linked earlier in this thread, Dish is "paying a small per-subscriber fee to carry The Blaze". Below AT250, it costs $5 per month as an a-la-carte add on. I'll bet some of that $5 will go to offset the fee.

 

[Mr Tony]

its on the dish site now too under "specialty packages"

from the dish site....

Glenn Beck's TheBlaze is a news, information & entertainment network dedicated to delivering high quality programming 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The exclusive provider of Glenn's daily television broadcast, TheBlaze also offers a full slate of thought provoking news shows, provocative documentaries, family-friendly reality programs and other original specials covering a range of entertaining and enlightening topics. TheBlaze is the only network where you can find the facts and stories you care about most. TheBlaze -Truth Lives Here. $5/month

 

[Tampa8]

Why when a channel is added do some think Dish adds it instead of some other channel? As pointed out cost is a factor, but so is their demand where it be carried or if other channels have to be carried. I also think sometimes our perception of subscriber demand may not always be correct. I think Dish carrying it is bigger for Blaze than for Dish but being able to offer it just in the top250 probably is what Dish wanted. Probably no cost increase to subscribers. I can't really gauge how much interest there is for Glenn Beck or this channel but his radio show has good ratings.

 

[Mr Tony]

but as pointed out folks can add it for $5 in the lower packages

 

[Tampa8]

Sure and again no increase to subscribers. Unless they choose to get it. Betting it will not add to any price increase.

 

[whitewolf8214]

THEBLAZE IS NOW ON DISH – CHANNEL 212
TheBlaze is now available on DISH.In addition to being one of the largest streaming networks in the world, TheBlaze is now available to DISH subscribers on Channel 212. DISH subscribers can now watch Glenn’s daily television broadcast and a full slate of thought provoking news shows, provocative documentaries, family-friendly reality programs and other original specials covering a myriad of topics. TheBlaze is the only network where you can find the stories you care about most. For more information on TheBlaze on DISH call 888-675-6174.
http://www.theblaze.com/dish/

 

[UTMTech]

I would rather LOSE a channel than gain this one.

this.

Sent from my fingers.