What's funny (or sad depending on how you look at it) is that retailers are normally the last to be informed about anything and normally find their information from a site like SatelliteGuys.
As you might know I run dishretailer.com and I see this happening all the time.
Yes, I did know, and that's why I spotlighted that particular site.
It seems to me there are several factors at work here.
First, although the box is showing up on some websites, I'm not sure anyone can point to a press release yet.
Second, as a small business owner, I believe there is absolutely no requirement that they do a press release for anything. It is often to their advantage to do so, but they can also choose underground marketing routes, or simply fill the retailer channel for commodity items.
Third, and Scott this is said with all due respect. You run an excellent site here, and don't need to make excuses to anyone for what you have accomplished. However, you seem to still have an attitude and/or are somehow seeking approval from DBSTalk. It's coming up on 5 years now since the big fight and split, and you really need to let it go. What they are doing is irrelevant, unless it is something that hurts your competitiveness. Frankly, complaining about actions and happenings on that site kind of cheapens this one and makes us look petty.
Finally, you have developed an excellent relationship with Echostar/Dish, one that any site would covet. That alone could keep DTV at bay and steer them toward DBSTalk. We need to build up some DTV credibility here. Masterdeals seems to be heading in the right direction.
I was unclear on whether DTV complained about an early review. If so, you ned to address it and get some understanding. If it is just the DBSTalk admins complaining, you need to just ignore it. Anything else just feeds the frenzy and you can't help but looking either the bad guy or just pathetic. Let it go.
DirecTV can literally do whatever they want including just working with DBSTalk. Not sure why people can't understand that. 
