DISH loses 4 more HD channels - 3 Return
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Just thinking about that made me laugh. Not seeing the 700 club on the guide anymore is perfect for me.
take the Yankees out of the World Series and the ratings drop
Take the two biggest basketball markets(LA and Boston obviously)out of the NBA Finals and the ratings will drop. Check out the ratings when New Jersey plays San Antonio
Extortion
Disney is pulling the same type of extortion that program distributors nation wide are trying. This is something that they have been doing to TV stations across the nation. They are trying to milk everyone w/ HD is worth more than SD. They are seeing an end in the future when there will be more HD than SD and they want to set a precedence to be able to get the rates higher. It always surprises me when D* just rolls over. Now someone earlier in the thread may have been right that D* just lets E* do the battles in negotiation & reaps the benefits from it. Disney is probably trying this as well for national TV stations as well. Since I'm not working for a commercial station now can say for sure, but would expect it. BTW working w/ their dist people is a royal pain in the neck.
Disney is pulling the same type of extortion that program distributors nation wide are trying. This is something that they have been doing to TV stations across the nation. They are trying to milk everyone w/ HD is worth more than SD. They are seeing an end in the future when there will be more HD than SD and they want to set a precedence to be able to get the rates higher. It always surprises me when D* just rolls over. Now someone earlier in the thread may have been right that D* just lets E* do the battles in negotiation & reaps the benefits from it. Disney is probably trying this as well for national TV stations as well. Since I'm not working for a commercial station now can say for sure, but would expect it. BTW working w/ their dist people is a royal pain in the neck.
Evidence? DirecTV just went through a rather public battle regarding Versus (and DISH had that battle four years ago when it was OLN). Just because DirecTV doesn't cut-off channels as often as Dish Network does not translate that DirecTV "just rolls over".whatchel1 said:
Yep. It took a long time before my wife decided that she preferred HD and it was worth it.
Thank god SD TVs are few and far between today.
ESPNews isn't very interesting at the moment, but if it's not back by August I'd probably switch to someone else over the issue. The rest of the Disney channels - I don't think I've ever watched them.
Yep
I am hooked up as of today. After 12 years it was hard to switch. I just couldn't stand all of the fees and my credits run out next month anyways, especially since I owned all of my equipment. Over the next two years my bill never reaches what I am paying now (even with the credits). Plus they refused to address an install problem they did on 1/30. CEO offices didn't return calls. PQ is quite nice. Recording a few shows tonight to test out the MRV. If I don't like it, I can change out down the road. It's only TV.
S~
Because Dish is in disagreement with Disney over ESPNU pricing too. So, to resolve one Disney may force them to resolve the other disputes.
From what I've read on the D* forum, they suck "less".Yep
Only 3 governors are for it
This came out today on SkyReport: The Free Press, Media Access Project, Consumers Union, the Consumer Federation of America, the National Consumers League, the Writers' Guild of America, West, Bloomberg, DIRECTV, DISH, the Communications Workers of America, and, oh yeah, Earthlink are all piling on that proposed Comcast/NBC-U merger.
Comcast says (in a blog from EVP David Cohen) that a number of important folks do back them (including the governors of CA, NY and PA) and that, "Some commenters, including certain competitors and programmers, appear to be attempting to use the transaction review process as an opportunity to seek advantages and concessions outside of marketplace negotiations."
Have a feeling that it will be hard for SEC to give it's approval w/ so many saying it's a bad idea.
this is another reason why the nbc and comcast merger shoudlnt go through
This came out today on SkyReport: The Free Press, Media Access Project, Consumers Union, the Consumer Federation of America, the National Consumers League, the Writers' Guild of America, West, Bloomberg, DIRECTV, DISH, the Communications Workers of America, and, oh yeah, Earthlink are all piling on that proposed Comcast/NBC-U merger.
Comcast says (in a blog from EVP David Cohen) that a number of important folks do back them (including the governors of CA, NY and PA) and that, "Some commenters, including certain competitors and programmers, appear to be attempting to use the transaction review process as an opportunity to seek advantages and concessions outside of marketplace negotiations."
Have a feeling that it will be hard for SEC to give it's approval w/ so many saying it's a bad idea.
Now isn't it nice that Dish is offerering an HD customer the opportunity to upgrade to standard definition.
It seems that yes D* prices may be higher, but by how much? One trip to McDonalds, a six pack, a large bag of chips. That may be a small price to pay to rid one's self of this never ending drama.
