Starz losing subs battle with Ergen looms

[JSheridan]

rfdtvhd,pursuit channel,world fishing channel,

i put in my requests for these hd channels starz in cinema,starz in black,blue highwaystv,nickjr,disney junior,disney xd,ride,world fising network,smithsonian,shortstv,

what hd channels you would like to see added on dish?

TVLand.

 

[bluegras]

TVLand.

i would like to have tvland also. remember folks the more requests for a channel the greater chances are u will be getting the channel.

 

[Bobby]

real funny you guys you think i am addicted to dish network i just want more hd channels to watch and a couple of music apps to listen to.no i am not sick did you know that by the end of next year all channels on directv will be in hd how about you dish adding all the channels that have hd feeds add them.

Ya know, many years back when I had Dish, some of my locals were not available in HD, some were. That was not good enough for me so I went to Comcast cable TV because they had what i wanted. A year and a half later Dish had those same channels in HD and I went right back. My suggestion to you is to subscribe to the company that offers you everything you want in HD and all the apps and radio stations. Wait, nobody does that! Uh oh, what's a man to do.....

 

[bluegras]

Ya know, many years back when I had Dish, some of my locals were not available in HD, some were. That was not good enough for me so I went to Comcast cable TV because they had what i wanted. A year and a half later Dish had those same channels in HD and I went right back. My suggestion to you is to subscribe to the company that offers you everything you want in HD and all the apps and radio stations. Wait, nobody does that! Uh oh, what's a man to do.....

i understand i do not have much choice to swtich in this area for cable there is mediacrap for satellite dish or directv.for phone and internet frontier.i just wish dish would add some more hd channels at least add a couple or three a month.so we can play catch up with directv.

 

[Troch77]

rfdtvhd,pursuit channel,world fishing channel,

i put in my requests for these hd channels starz in cinema,starz in black,blue highwaystv,nickjr,disney junior,disney xd,ride,world fising network,smithsonian,shortstv,

what hd channels you would like to see added on dish?

Mainly the Missing Premiums.
Other then that, I'm mostly set.
I would like to see a Deal struck with Comcast Philadelphia.
I really miss that channel.

 

[dishrich]

That article is from March, pre merger (approval that is).

NOT to also mention it's also from a Swanni post...which we all know how reliable THOSE are! (I can't believe FierceCable used him as a "reliable source"...really??? )

 

[navychop]

Wait- he published something he didn't first read here?

 

[Rolling Joe]

I wouldn't think it was Shorts HD either, that wasn't and still isn't very popular.

Look at channel 216. Popularity has nothing to do with it.

 

[robk299]

Not sure if Starz and DISH have reached a deal, but I am told as of tomorrow the DISH Movie Pack will replace Starz Cincema with Starz Kids and Family.

I have Dish Movie Pack and I have both channels.

 

[bobvick]

Look at channel 216. Popularity has nothing to do with it.

I don't know if your a Pub Member or not, but if you were, you'd be in on the loop.

 

[bobvick]

Look at channel 216. Popularity has nothing to do with it.

I know a lot of folks don't like AJ America, but I like to watch it because it shows world news, not just US news. I wish they would add BBC World. I wouldn't doubt AJ paying to get HD carriage.

 

[Troch77]

I have Dish Movie Pack and I have both channels.

Interesting !
Dish is also Offering HBO, Cinemax, showtime, The Movie pack, and now finally Starz with the new customer promos.

 

[The Fat Man]

Good for us, but bad for Starz is that Dish offers the On Demand service in the pack that was Blockbuster@ Home. Nobody really cares about the linear channels anymore. The only linear service that I get is EPIX, and only because it's part of a package that I subscribe to.

 

[pattykay]

i thought the 8psk conversion was finshed already

The 8PSK conversion is not 100 percent complete yet. I have a 501 that still gets a few free channels in QPSK. I think Scott said that the transponders carrying Welcome Pack channels are remaining QPSK temporarily for Seasonal Accounts.

 

[ChadT41]

How seasonal can 4 years be? This has been going on to my knowledge, since 2011-2012. I'm not disagreeing, but damn they are generous.

 

[pattykay]

How seasonal can 4 years be? This has been going on to my knowledge, since 2011-2012. I'm not disagreeing, but damn they are generous.

The main 8PSK conversion was in July / August of this year. I was only referring to the transponders that remained QPSK after that.

 

[Troch77]

Good for us, but bad for Starz is that Dish offers the On Demand service in the pack that was Blockbuster@ Home. Nobody really cares about the linear channels anymore. The only linear service that I get is EPIX, and only because it's part of a package that I subscribe to.

I like live channels.
If I wanted to VOD everything I wouldn't subscribe to Dish Network .

 

[KAB]

I like live channels.
If I wanted to VOD everything I wouldn't subscribe to Dish Network .

Bingo. Damn Straight Skippy. Right on, Right on!

 

[ChadT41]

I like live channels.
If I wanted to VOD everything I wouldn't subscribe to Dish Network .

I share this sentiment.

 

[Rolling Joe]

I don't know if your a Pub Member or not, but if you were, you'd be in on the loop.

Don't be coy. It's been years since I've been in Chicago. Fill us peons in.

Regardless, I'm absolutely sure that there weren't millions of Dish AJA viewers asking for a bandwidth increase on 216.