Tribune Broadcasting Company Blacks Out DISH Customers in 33 Markets;

[.Andy]

Anyone have luck getting out of a contract with this? Not having a local is ridiculous.

 

[KAB]

Anyone have luck getting out of a contract with this? Not having a local is ridiculous.

Nope. Read your contract.

 

[RONZ]

Retransmission disputes with cable companies were not uncommon before satellites started to make local channels available.
And to make things more interesting, Time Warner Cable started charging a "Broadcast Channels Fee" a couple of years ago. According to them, this is how much they are paying the local channels in retransmission fees. My last bill before I dropped TWC completely a couple of months ago had a "broadcast channels fee" of nearly $4.

Comcast in the Detroit area charges 9.95 for local feeds

 

[Bruce]

Comcast in the Detroit area charges 9.95 for local feeds

From my bill Broadcast TV Fee....$4.50

 

[ChadT41]

Anyone have luck getting out of a contract with this? Not having a local is ridiculous.

Why, when your contract covers this explicitly. It's not even in fine print. It's at the top with stars, bolded, underlined.

 

[Tampa8]

From my bill Broadcast TV Fee....$4.50

DISH bill?

 

[Bruce]

DISH bill?

Look at the quote in my post, he brought up a incorrect amount for Comcast, I corrected him.

 

[Tampa8]

At least it wasn't just me who thought that.

 

[Tampa8]

Why, when your contract covers this explicitly. It's not even in fine print. It's at the top with stars, bolded, underlined.

It may say that, but if I didn't read what I signed then it doesn't apply to me.

 

[dare2be]

Look at the quote in my post, he brought up a incorrect amount for Comcast, I corrected him.

The dangers of the ignore function. For me, there is no quote in your post. What's Tampa's excuse?

 

[RONZ]

Look at the quote in my post, he brought up a incorrect amount for Comcast, I corrected him.

Your confused you can not get service for locals for 4.95 from Comcast

Min service. Digital Economy .....19.95
Broadcast fee................................4.95
Franchise fee................................6.00

You also pay a regional sports fee that is not for FSD because the fee shows up on all accounts

 

[Goobzilla]

I wouldn't be so irritated with this mess if Dish had the OTA USB adapters in stock. Missing Fox and the CW in the Denver market

 

[RONZ]

I wouldn't be so irritated with this mess if Dish had the OTA USB adapters in stock. Missing Fox and the CW in the Denver market

Did you try solid signal ??

 

[Tampa8]

Your confused you can not get service for locals for 4.95 from Comcast

Min service. Digital Economy .....19.95
Broadcast fee................................4.95
Franchise fee................................6.00

You also pay a regional sports fee that is not for FSD because the fee shows up on all accounts

So it's a Surcharge.

 

[Tampa8]

The dangers of the ignore function. For me, there is no quote in your post. What's Tampa's excuse?

I made the mistake of following your lead!

 

[dare2be]

I made the mistake of following your lead!

That'll teach ya!

 

[RONZ]

So it's a Surcharge.

Yes

 

[dishcomm]

Anyway..Back to live action. Any word on a possibility of a resolution of this dispute?
I am pissed off because I have the superstation package and half the channels are missing.
Including WPIX NY which has 35 Mets games.....

 

[dare2be]

That's why we're twiddling our thumbs in this thread...no one knows. So...back to twiddling our thumbs.

 

[KAB]

Anyway..Back to live action. Any word on a possibility of a resolution of this dispute?

You should know if there were, you would not need to ask.