This is the thread for any discussion about the current month's free previews. A complete list of free channels on Dish can be found in the linked thread here: Free Previews (No Discussion) Thread - July 2020
Free Previews Discussion Thread - July 2020
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Thanks. If I see anything official from Dish, I will include that date on my No Discussion list. For purposes of my list, I rely on the dates shown on the Free Previews page on the mydish site: Free Channel Previews | MyDISH
I noticed that there is a discrepancy in the dates shown there for some of the previews, compared to the dates shown on channel 103 (SD) the last time I checked it. The channel 103 list also includes dates for OWN, which is not listed as a current preview on the mydish site, so I did not include those dates, either. The mydish site is also still showing Sundance as a "current" free preview, even though that one ended a couple of days ago. So, hopefully Dish will be updating their site soon.
Well, since I can update this listing from my home, I will point out the differences here:Perhaps the person responsible for channel 103 SD can't update it from their home
Channel 103 SD shows Ride TV, Grit, and Me TV all lasting through 8/4, instead of 7/31 as the mydish site says.
103 SD lists OWN as lasting through 7/31, while mydish only shows it as a past preview, not a current one.
Mydish still lists Sundance as a current preview, even though it also shows that preview ending on 7/5.
Neither channel 103 SD nor mydish show the newly-added Fox Business preview.
Mydish's Free Previews page was finally updated today. Sundance was moved down to the Past Previews section, and a whole bunch of older previews were removed from that section. OWN is still only shown in the Past Previews section, and none of the other discrepancies that I pointed out above have been changed, either.
Sundance is still active in the guide through 2 more weeks on my 722k with flex pack. Maybe there will be a change in the uplink report for today.
That is interesting. There was a thread started recently by someone with Welcome Pack who lost Sundance. I also verified that I am not receiving Sundance with my International Basic package. So, the preview definitely ended. Maybe Sundance was actually added to Flex Pack as part of Dish's new deal with AMC Networks. Either that, or this is some kind of mistake either with just your account, or with every account that has Flex Pack.
When these previews begin and end, the uplink reports usually don't specify the change as a "preview." Instead, they are listed as "Package Flag Changes." This leaves open the possibility that the channels may actually get moved into new packages at the end of a preview, and it would not look any different to the untrained eye than a regular preview ending when no changes to the regular package lineups are actually being made.
Mydish was updated again today. OWN is now "officially" listed as 7/1 - 7/31. No other dates have changed.
It also already said that on channel 103 SD, as I pointed out earlier in this thread. So, there was really no new information in Dish's webpage "update" but I decided to make it "official" in the No Discussion thread anyway.You said that on the No Discussion Thread.Just kidding.
It also no longer says when each preview started, it only lists the end date. So, if you stumble across this channel in the middle of a free preview, you would have no idea how much of the preview you have already missed. At least the mydish site still gives start and end dates for each preview. (Whether those dates are actually accurate is debatable.) I also do my best to give both the start and end dates for each preview in my list, whenever possible.
That's what you're here for to inform us of any changes. Keep up the good work.
Yes, the Fox Business preview ended early this morning. So, you were right.
A couple of evenings ago I was watching television in the bedroom from the 4K Joey. It was later in the evening and I was scrolling through the channel guide and I couldn't find anything to watch. I selected 151 Dish Headlines Channel from the guide knowing this first brings up a multi channel mosaic of six channels categorized as Currently in Free Preview from the 4K Joey. The first channel in the upper left hand corner on this month's free preview is Great American Country. The show on Great American Country seemed interesting so I selected it. Great American Country is a channel I have never really and would never really watch because I don't like country music. In fact I have even deleted Great American Country from the guide for this reason. Either I was wrong about Great American Country being about country music or this channel has changed. Thanks to this free preview with the multi channel mosaic on the 4K Joey I have found a channel that I would want to watch. This is a surprise because I usually cannot find anything to watch on television these days.
Not in my market (Cleveland, Ohio).
Which market are you in, and what base package do you subscribe to? Some packages (such as Welcome Pack) automatically include locals. Have you made any changes to your programming through the mydish website lately? If so, log into your account and check to make sure that you are not being charged for those locals. Sometimes, making an unrelated change on mydish can cause the $12 per month locals package to automatically be added to your account, even though you did not select it.
Yup, logged in and I am subscribed only to the base Flex Pack. Locals are not selected nor indicated for me.
