DISH Reaches Long Term Agreement with DISNEY / ESPN / ABC

[GaryPen]

If they turned them on today or in two weeks, would it make any difference ?

Yes.

 

[The Fat Man]

I've been using my parents' FiOS account to stream Disney Jr. for my daughters. It will be nice to just change the channel. Two weeks after the update, check back with me, my story will more than likely change by then.

 

[bellevuecoug]

If they turned them on today or in two weeks, would it make any difference ? Nobody is missing anything from before (if you've been with Dish).

I think that given the wait involved, customers are understandably anxious to get it kicked off. When it comes to waiting, haven't we given enough?

You could also make the argument that, with a new contract (that we are all paying for), we are "missing" content for which Dish has an agreement. So, if this is going to take another month, I get the irritation that will pop up in this thread among subscribers.

 

[satjay]

while things are signed and is official, I do wonder what steps are needed to at the very least get the HD lit back up

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[Hall]

I think that given the wait involved, customers are understandably anxious to get it kicked off. When it comes to waiting, haven't we given enough?

The "customers" - the vast majority of them - are likely completely unaware of any change (meaning, this contract being signed).

 

[cosmo_kramer]

The "customers" - the vast majority of them - are likely completely unaware of any change (meaning, this contract being signed).

It was covered by the local news I watched this morning, as well as my local paper....

http://www.courant.com/entertainment/la-et-ct-disney-dish-network-truce-autohop-20140303,0,7462894.story

 

[Scherrman]

I think that given the wait involved, customers are understandably anxious to get it kicked off. When it comes to waiting, haven't we given enough?

You could also make the argument that, with a new contract (that we are all paying for), we are "missing" content for which Dish has an agreement. So, if this is going to take another month, I get the irritation that will pop up in this thread among subscribers.

I honestly do not know a single person that has been aware of the negotiations between Dish and Disney other than the SatelliteGuys community. I'll bet a lot of people go days without even noticing some of these channels came back on in HD.

 

[Deadlocked]

I did not get anything out of this agreement, but lose Autohop! This sucks. I guess that I will just wait three days to watch any ABC show to get even with them. Nothing really that good on ABC anyway.
Also, what is the Longhorn channel, another western movie channel. Who cares.

Longhorn is about the Texas Longhorns 24/7


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[navychop]

Heck, many, if not most, people haven't even heard of Dish, Hopper commercials or not.

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[rajmarie]

I just hope that these HD channels when they lit up are also available to PR subs and not be like NBCSN which is in SD and hence avoided by me

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[shawreth]

What ABC/ESPN Channels were available with Dish America before they dropped the HD feeds? I seem to remember at least ABC Family was included at one time. If you had Dish America back then, please let me know. Hard to speculate what channels we will get (if any) in Dish America, Silver, or Gold, but this might be as close as we get.

 

[nelson61]

Would not suprise me to see a transponder dedicated to targeted ads. They will watch your viewing and ad habits (using your net connection) and push the ads to your hard drive. Then, they will pull up the ad during a specified show and you will be scratching your head as to how Ford knew you were looking at new cars

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[peggy97850]

And if that starts to happen customers will be leaving Dish - who wants to pay as much as we do for targeted ads? bad enough we continually get bombarded on the internet.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Would not suprise me to see a transponder dedicated to targeted ads. They will watch your viewing and ad habits (using your net connection) and push the ads to your hard drive. Then, they will pull up the ad during a specified show and you will be scratching your head as to how Ford knew you were looking at new cars

They have been showing local ads for a few years now, so this is the next evolution.

 

[Deadlocked]

Would not suprise me to see a transponder dedicated to targeted ads. They will watch your viewing and ad habits (using your net connection) and push the ads to your hard drive. Then, they will pull up the ad during a specified show and you will be scratching your head as to how Ford knew you were looking at new cars

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Or that you watch porn and shows a midnight lounge commercial.


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[Tampa8]

And if that starts to happen customers will be leaving Dish - who wants to pay as much as we do for targeted ads? bad enough we continually get bombarded on the internet.

The same as Google has been doing for a long time. It does not equate to more ads, it means some ads will be substituted with something more likely you will be interested in. As Scott said when local ads are substituted that is a form of a targeted ad.

 

[david_jr]

Ok I just finished catching up on this thread. What were we talking about again? Oh yeah, Tivo and DISH settled, er no, that was AMC & DISH right? Wait a minute, which dispute were we on? Oh Yeah now I remember DI$NEY! Should they wait the HD to light up before they get into the next fight?

 

[Hall]

It was covered by the local news I watched this morning, as well as my local paper....

My local news hasn't said anything, nor have I heard anything (I could have missed it, I admit) out of Columbus or Cincinnati. I had to go into CNN's "business" section to find it.

Do you think your local media covered it because of ESPN ties ?

 

[charlesrshell]

Ok I just finished catching up on this thread. What were we talking about again? Oh yeah, Tivo and DISH settled, er no, that was AMC & DISH right? Wait a minute, which dispute were we on? Oh Yeah now I remember DI$NEY! Should they wait the HD to light up before they get into the next fight?

LOL. So what is involved in the FOX feud? Who owns the Smithsonian HD channel?

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

LOL. So what is involved in the FOX feud? Who owns the Smithsonian HD channel?

I think CBS owns Smithsonian.