There is one mistake in the listings for Dish America Silver. MSNBC HD 209 is listed as part of the package. It is not. At least it was not when I checked a few minutes ago.
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This is what I get with the HDAbsolute package for 34.99 with locals:
- NHLN HD
- NBATV HD
- GOLF HD
- TENIS HD
- WFN HD
- MGN HD
- HDNMV HD
- EPIX2 HD
- EPIX1 HD
- RETRO HD
- INDIE HD
- SHRTS HD
- FTV HD
- LOGO HD
- CTRC HD
- PLDIA HD
- CI HD
- UNIHD
- HDTHR
- HDNET
- MAVTV HD
- EARTH
- CTN
- ANGL2
- CCNEW
- KTV
- ANGEL
- INSP
- WGN HD
- TRV HD
- TWC HD
- NASA
- CNBC HD
- CNN HD
- GREEN HD
- SCI HD
- HMC HD
- NTGEO HD
- APL HD
- TLC HD
- DISC HD
- ABCFM HD
- TOON HD
- DISXD HD
- DISE HD
- SPIKE HD
- CMT HD
- NFLRZ SD
- NFL HD
- CBS C HD
- VS HD
- ESPN2 HD
- ESNWS HD
- ESPN HD
- TBS HD
- TNT HD
- BRAVO HD
- SYFY HD
- HIST HD
- BIO HD
- A&E HD
- HGTV HD
- FOOD HD
- LMN HD
- LIFE HD
- CMDY HD
- USA HD
- All of the PI channels in the 9400 block
I'm glad to see that Platinum is still an option for Dish America packages. I'm getting uVerse installed this week, but plan to keep my Dish DVR too, with a minimal pkg and I'd like to keep Platinum service as well.
Scott, do you have any detailed info on the $9.99 'Locals Only' package?
* Is this a current package available to all customers?
* Is it only available for customers who own their boxes, or is it available to lease customers too?
* If I'm leasing a VIP722, would the locals be included in HD, or would I have to pay an addtl fee to get HD locals (note: I'm currently getting the Free HD for Life with my Top250+HD/Platinum service).
* If a customer is still within their 2-year contract, can they downgrade to 'Locals Only', or is this bare-bones package only available after the 2-year contract is complete (mine is up in August).
* I'm assuming the $6 DVR service is still available with locals only, correct?
Thanks for any info you have.
* Is this a current package available to all customers?
* Is it only available for customers who own their boxes, or is it available to lease customers too?
* If I'm leasing a VIP722, would the locals be included in HD, or would I have to pay an addtl fee to get HD locals (note: I'm currently getting the Free HD for Life with my Top250+HD/Platinum service).
* If a customer is still within their 2-year contract, can they downgrade to 'Locals Only', or is this bare-bones package only available after the 2-year contract is complete (mine is up in August).
* I'm assuming the $6 DVR service is still available with locals only, correct?
Thanks for any info you have.
IF you are under lease , DISH will not let you downgrade to anything lower except the lowest programming pack . It is in the lease agreement online at their website. Now if you own your own receivers and you want to down grade to just locals , they will allow that, if you pay the no programming pack access fee of $6.00 and if it is a dvr , the $ 6.00 dvr fee too along with the $5.99 price of the locals =$17.99.
They used to have the Welcome pack , a random amount of miscellaneous channels and your locals for just $14.99 a month. This is not available any longer to sub to , but if you are going to cancel , DISH might still offer this pack to you. IF you have an hd receiver , you will get your locals in HD . My aunt has the welcome pack and I recently got her a 211k receiver and added the 1000.2 sat dish , she now gets her locals in hd.
If you really want answers to your specific questions, you could write an email outlining all these questions to ceo@echostar.com . The executive resolution department will be the one to answer you and it might take a week to get an answer , but it will be coming from the top .
They used to have the Welcome pack , a random amount of miscellaneous channels and your locals for just $14.99 a month. This is not available any longer to sub to , but if you are going to cancel , DISH might still offer this pack to you. IF you have an hd receiver , you will get your locals in HD . My aunt has the welcome pack and I recently got her a 211k receiver and added the 1000.2 sat dish , she now gets her locals in hd.
If you really want answers to your specific questions, you could write an email outlining all these questions to ceo@echostar.com . The executive resolution department will be the one to answer you and it might take a week to get an answer , but it will be coming from the top .
Anyone notice that at the top of the doc. Platinum is only available with these packages and dish america is not one of them. At the bottom of the doc. it says it is. Is it really available to dish america? Does anyone have dish america and Platinum?
The reason that BBC America, Fox News, etc. is not included in the Dish America packages, in my opinion, is two fold.
1. Programming distribution requirements: "In order to provide a customer with Nickelodeon, you also have to give them these other 5 channels we own".
2. Cost. If you look at the channel listings, there really isn't much difference between what's in HD and SD at this point. Do you really expect to pay $10 less for Dish America vs. the Top 120 package and still get EVERY hd channel when the only real standard def channels left in Top 120 are MTV2, TV Land, ESPNU and the junk music channels? I think this is a big factor in not providing some of the Top 120 channels in Dish America. If they really gave you all the normal Top 120 channels in HD in Dish America for $10 less than the Top 120 package, NO one would subscribe to Top 120. Same with the 200 and 250 packages.
Robert
1. Programming distribution requirements: "In order to provide a customer with Nickelodeon, you also have to give them these other 5 channels we own".
2. Cost. If you look at the channel listings, there really isn't much difference between what's in HD and SD at this point. Do you really expect to pay $10 less for Dish America vs. the Top 120 package and still get EVERY hd channel when the only real standard def channels left in Top 120 are MTV2, TV Land, ESPNU and the junk music channels? I think this is a big factor in not providing some of the Top 120 channels in Dish America. If they really gave you all the normal Top 120 channels in HD in Dish America for $10 less than the Top 120 package, NO one would subscribe to Top 120. Same with the 200 and 250 packages.
Robert
Can other people also confirm this? I just want to make sure it's not a fluke. I was about to change my Dish service from America's Top 200 to Dish America Silver, but will reconsider if MSNBC is not part of the package.
Is it part of the Dish America Gold package?
Also, if you get any of the Dish America packages, do you also have to pay an extra fee for the local channels(whether they are in HD or not)?
Thanks,
Dave
True they do qualify with the asterisk but they don't tell you that sometimes, for no apparent reason as far as I know, that games are not always carried in HD or they will turn it on late (Sundays Red Sox-Giants Game was listed as being in HD but it was sometime after the 1st inning before we had it in HD!)
This is important info for new customers.
The document is great thanks Scott and you are correct it should be on the web site.
Ross
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I wonder if the document isn't yet posted on the Dish website because they are still trying to negotiate deals on some of the HD channels?
I was "chatting" with a Dish CSR on their asking and was inquiring about whether the MSNBC HD channel was part of the Team Silver package. She confirmed that not only is it missing from the Silver package, it is also not in the Gold package(despite the fact that it is listed in both the Silver and Gold packages on the Focuson Dish HD fact sheet.
I asked if they would be included in the future and she said: " Once the rest of the channels owned by NBC Universal are in HD, we will per the contract with them. "
I was "chatting" with a Dish CSR on their asking and was inquiring about whether the MSNBC HD channel was part of the Team Silver package. She confirmed that not only is it missing from the Silver package, it is also not in the Gold package(despite the fact that it is listed in both the Silver and Gold packages on the Focuson Dish HD fact sheet.
I asked if they would be included in the future and she said: " Once the rest of the channels owned by NBC Universal are in HD, we will per the contract with them. "
Dish America Silver subscriber here. I just scrolled through and no MSNBC for me. I still have my locals OTA, but per my account info online, it appears that I'd be charged for the mandatory locals if I make an account change.
This is all facinating and so weird at the same time. I was a Turbo subscriber and at some point they switched me to America silver... OK... so now it says in my account that I have Dish America Silver * - Any account changes and I can't go back to this type of package as it no longer exsists. I am being charged 39.99 per month for what looks like America silver. So I think my package is actually the 'same' but at the old price, and if I change, they would enforce the new price (44 something)?
I would like G4 but I am certainly not going to pay extra for it!! So weird though that G4 isn't under the gold package either.
BTW, for what its worth, I AM getting history-I HD right now in my package though its not listed on your sheet.
I would like G4 but I am certainly not going to pay extra for it!! So weird though that G4 isn't under the gold package either.
BTW, for what its worth, I AM getting history-I HD right now in my package though its not listed on your sheet.
I can't believe that anyone would worry about losing MSNBC if everything else in a different package works better for you.
If I'm not mistaken, history-I HD may be on a 'free-preview' depending upon your package. I think that preview goes until 7/7, so if it suddenly disappears, that's why.
