They had scrolling across screen last night that they want to remove FETV.I personally love this channel and hope it stays on dish.
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Sling TV and DISH Subscribers May Lose FETV Amid Contract Dispute | Cord Cutters News
Sling TV and DISH Network subscribers could soon find themselves without access to Family Entertainment Television (FETV) as the channel warns of a potential blackout. The dispute stems from ongoing negotiations between FETV and the satellite TV provider over a new carriage agreement. FETV has...
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This is probably going to be the last straw for me and Dish Network. I dropped Xfinity cable and signed up for Dish Network 3 years ago for mainly 2 channels: Cozi TV and FeTV. I love old classic programs and had been happy with Dish up until they dropped Cozi TV. And now with the threat of them dropping FeTV, I'm looking at DirecTV Stream, as they carry both channels.
I know a lot of the classic television programs are available on other platforms, ie, Pluto, Roku Channel, etc, but I liked the line-up on both channels and having them integrated into the satellite guide. I also realize FeTV is available on Frndly, but again, switching apps on my Roku for one channel here and one channel there is not as easy as having everthing under one roof.
Of all the channels they could do away with, the fact that they dropped or will be dropping both of my favorite channels will probably be the end for me and Dish.
I know a lot of the classic television programs are available on other platforms, ie, Pluto, Roku Channel, etc, but I liked the line-up on both channels and having them integrated into the satellite guide. I also realize FeTV is available on Frndly, but again, switching apps on my Roku for one channel here and one channel there is not as easy as having everthing under one roof.
Of all the channels they could do away with, the fact that they dropped or will be dropping both of my favorite channels will probably be the end for me and Dish.
If this is a carriage dispute, then it is the Network that will be denying Dish the opportunity to display their channel.
These things happen to every cable, satellite and internet carrier - they want more money and we think it's too much - it's a negotiation.
If you pick up your marbles and go home with every dispute, you will be most miserable.
These things happen to every cable, satellite and internet carrier - they want more money and we think it's too much - it's a negotiation.
If you pick up your marbles and go home with every dispute, you will be most miserable.
Maybe should be questioning the programmer rather than DiSH
We lost MeTV a couple of years ago. Cozi TV was yanked a few months ago, and now FETV is in danger of being pulled. These channels must not be covered by our annual price increase.
When Contracts come due .... most channels go down this road.
The channel wants more money whenever they get the opportunity.
In this case Dish is just the one that the channel shows up on.
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When a channel is cut and was receiving a per sub fee, that increases profit for the provider.
So, if this Channel was receiving 10 cents per subscriber, MeTV was getting 25 cents, Cozi 15 cents, that is 50 cents a month, times 6 Million subscribers, is 3 Million a month they are no longer paying out, 36 Million a year.
Since Echostar has reported losses for the last three quarters, every cent counts.
As more negotiations come up, expect to see more channels go bye bye.
Btw, the same thing will happen with Streaming channels, they also want More $$$ ....
As soon as they hold the monopoly, they will make their money back. Most own their own content so they can really soak it to other distributors!
It's like the scumbag thugs walk into a NYC Bodega and say "Where's the envelope"?
I think everyone understands how business works, but every year the increases come with no new channels. The customer gets no reduction in pricing even though they are receiving less of a product. So what was a 36 million decrease in expenditure is even more. The only thing the customers receive are updates that break what was working.
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If any service, streaming or Traditional, adds any channels, it will increase the monthly bill even more then the almost every year increase.
Then, the majority of channels not on any service (and the majority of channels already on a service), the content is majority reruns.
That content is already available free via services like Pluto TV, both of that content live and on demand.
You have options now, if not happy with the pricing, leave.
But you are correct, there is less and less new content on Broadcast and Cable Channels, because we are in a Transitional stage regarding how we receive Home Entertainment.
But it has always changed, we went from Antennaa to Cable to Satellite to Streaming.
From only watching it live and reruns to tapes to DVRs.
From Tapes to Laser Discs to DVDs to Blu-Rays to 4K Discs to streaming.
If you cannot accept change, go back to the world of Antennas, then you really will be complaining about content.
Again, if unhappy leave, that is the only why corporations notice, when it affects the bottom line.
But I really doubt Cable/Satellite Providers understand the change going on right now, they seem to be doing the same thing every year, raise the price, less options, doing that for as long as I remember.
New today - It looks like Dish has inserted a black bar on the FETV picture. It appears that this was done to block FETV's scroll about potentially losing the channel on Dish and Sling. The original scroll also had a number to call to complain about losing FETV.
I have never seen Dish block a channel's dispute scroll before.
I have never seen Dish block a channel's dispute scroll before.
I have, they did it one time when they were having a dispute with, I believe, one of the major OTA TV networks & it was showing up on the O&O stations. It then ended up turning into "move the scroll around the screen" & see if DISH can block it then...even then resorting to putting it along the edge &/or in the middle of the screen. IIRC, this lasted only a day or two & I thought DISH got their hands slapped for "altering" the content of these channels.
I remember that - I believe that was the FOX dispute. If I remember correctly, it was the same dispute when FOX and NFL Network both had Thursday Night Football that FOX required NFL Network to remove the simulcast because people who lost access to FOX could still watch it on NFL Network.
According to dishpromise.com, it is both FETV (82) and Family Movie Classics (387)
We are currently in negotiations with Family Broadcasting Corporation, the owner of FETV and Family Movie Classics, to renew our rights to keep their programming available to you.
It looks like Dish promises to raise your rates while taking away channels you enjoy.
Sure everyone can leave, but many can't are forced to stay because they don't have access to high speed internet. The only thing that is free is ota channels. At least that is all I know of
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First, it has been reported that broadband is now available in 90% of the United States.
The other 10% has options like StarLink.
Now, I assume you mean rural areas for no broadband access, it has been reported that 20 Million Households live in rural areas, yet DirecTV and Dish have only about 13-14M total Satellite customers, if even half of those live in rural areas, that is still only 7M, that means 13M do not have Satellite TV, one of the big reasons, they now have broadband.
By the way, I live in what is considered rural, I have gigabit speed.
