Which, that they will get Disney in HD and keep ESN, or that the company will be killed?
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Which, that they will get Disney in HD and keep ESN, or that the company will be killed?
I can't see Dish being that stupid to claim that Disney and ESPN aren't highly valued channels, like they did with AMC. I know it will be world war 3 at my house if I tell my wife and kids that Disney is gone. Phineas and Ferb, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, and Doc McStuffins are on all morning at house until 9:30 comes around and my wife brings the kids outside to play.
My wife had Disney as a premium service when she was a kid. My parents opted for NESN and Sports Channel America as a sports pack and HBO. So I never valued Disney like she and my kids do.
Which, that they will get Disney in HD and keep ESN, or that the company will be killed?
Making peace with Disney, not losing ESPN and getting the HD back!
Never say never.
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I would agree, I was close to the never stage with AMC I was ok with the roku for the shows I wanted to watch because the talk from both sides really made it sound that channels were not coming back, hence the roku's dish had provided
Never say never.
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A lot of us said "never" about Dish getting MLB Network, then out of blue one night it was uplinked then available the next day. So we can always hold hope that the Disney situation will be resolved soon.
Look here mister.....
Discussions? Who pays the bills??
When was the last time they had an agreement contract? and for how long before it expired and remove HD channels? I know is a moot question.
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As I hinted earlier, look at all the promotion DISH is doing for ABC/Disney lately on their Twitter and facebook page.
I think something is brewing.
Btw ABC is the only network NOT suing DISH over the Hopper.
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I think something is brewing.
Btw ABC is the only network NOT suing DISH over the Hopper.
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Hopefully one day, the brew turns into something
would be a nice touch on things programming wise. Seeing the disney movies when there shown in HD would be nice, as well as ABC family and yea, ESPNU would be a nice bonus though I don't watch much programming on ESPNU, HD is always nicer to watch
I know that we have no knowledge on the ESPN/Dish TV contracts, but I found this interesting: http://about.dish.com/press-release/programming/dish-network-adds-espn2-hd-channel-line-0
One of Dish's press releases from 2006 - they launched ESPN2HD on Feb 1, 2006. If they had a 7 year contract for ESPN2HD carriage, it would be expiring at the end of this month. I couldn't find anything at a later date regarding ESPN2, but I did see where they launched ESPNU later in the year. Also, I see Comcast, Cox, Cablevision, Charter, and U-Verse all signed new contracts with Disney recently (http://multichannel.com/telco-tv/disney-strikes-u-verse-carriage-deal/141232). With all these deals being signed, you know it is only a matter of time before Dish and Directv need to renew.
Scott - I know you don't have info on specific contracts, but do you have any knowledge on re-transmission agreements in general? Is 7 years a reasonable length of a contract?
SO DISH caved on paying twice for the same content in both sd and hd? GOD Help us if that is true. I can see another $5.00 added to our bill by next year is that is the case.
I prefer HD over SD just like everyone else, or at least most adults. I would like my RSN in full time HD as well as PBS, but...
When my grandson visits its about spending time with him. If that happens to be watching Disney in SD so be it, he doesn't know the difference.
Of course the bottom line is about compromise and ALL tv viewers in the family. We had the 120+ for the longest, my wife really missed True (court TV) so we moved to 200...made her happy.
When my grandson visits its about spending time with him. If that happens to be watching Disney in SD so be it, he doesn't know the difference.
Of course the bottom line is about compromise and ALL tv viewers in the family. We had the 120+ for the longest, my wife really missed True (court TV) so we moved to 200...made her happy.
If you mean the subscriber, no. They may guide what decisions are made by owners of any company but I don't want people with no knowledge of what their decisions might mean making those final decisions. That's what competition between companies is for.
DISNEY/ABC/ESPN company , I don't see giving in , since they are a large corporation and they want to force all media companies to pay them twice for the same content for both hd and sd feeds. I don't see them backing down , so that means DISH had to cave on this one if we are getting the HD feeds back. Either that or DISNEY/ABC/ESPN had changed their minds and is allowing DISH to only buy the HD feeds and they will be downrezzing those feeds for sd customers. EIther way I see our bills going up again to pay for it.
