Dish dropping channel 9 and 20?

[Adawg38]

Saw a message earlier Dish might also be dropping channel 9 and 20 Sunday night at midnight? WTF? On top of NO Walking Dead now no Sunday Night Football. SOB! [Rant1][Rant2][UZI]

[Ridge]

I seriously doubt DISH would drop two local channels.

[GilpinGuy]

I know there was a recent thread about DISH vs. DirecTV. I had DISH for a few years and ended up dumping them for shitty service, attitude on the phone when I had a problem (which was often) and never-ending increases in prices. Every few months it went up.

I dumped their ass and went TV free for a few years, so maybe they got better since then. I don't know.

Now I have 2 kids in the house and TV is almost a prerequisite. I went with DirecTV and have had ZERO problems and no rate increases in 5 years. ZERO problems. And no channels went away either, despite some threats from some networks.

Let the flaming begin.

[AR_ART]

The deal is over Dish's Hopper. It allows you to skip commercials. Gannett which broadcasts on channel 9 and 20 wants Dish to run the commercials cause Gannett gets paid to do so.

Dish wants to offer Gannett "X" number of dollars to have the user skip commercials. They can't agree on that number.

Personally I hate Dish. Worked in their IT dept. A TOTAL sweatshop. Worse place I've ever worked as a professional.

[JohnTRourke]

free yourself
turn off your TV

[StagLefty]

I was pissed when they dropped AMC. If they drop 9 & 20 that will be it for me. I'll go regular TV with Netflix and Hulu +. [Coffee]

[waxthis]

Have Dish and still trying to figure out WTF to do...[Bang]

[Ridge]

Personally I hate Dish. Worked in their IT dept. A TOTAL sweatshop. Worse place I've ever worked as a professional.

My buddy Joe works in tech support there. He seems to enjoy it. I almost got a job there earlier this year.

[cofi]

I was pissed when they dropped AMC. If they drop 9 & 20 that will be it for me. I'll go regular TV with Netflix and Hulu +. [Coffee]
dish will comp you for any amc shows you watch you can download them off amazon and they will credit your account.....fuck direct tv

[Adawg38]

dish will comp you for any amc shows you watch you can download them off amazon and they will credit your account.....fuck direct tv

I am gonna have to check that out for the new season of the Walking Dead. For now I am paying cheap for dish and can't afford to swap to Direct but as soon as I can I am gone.

[Ripper]

Also the company that owns 9 is asking for a 300% rate increase for programming.

[Watermagnet]

[quote=GilpinGuy;664003]I know there was a recent thread about DISH vs. DirecTV. I had DISH for a few years and ended up dumping them for shitty service, attitude on the phone when I had a problem (which was often) and never-ending increases in prices. Every few months it went up.

Lol...This ^^^ is my EXACT experience with Directv. Switched to DISH and my bill is almost exactly half of what it was with Directv for (basically) the same channels. I'm sure in two years I'll be right back where I was before. I think they both suck.

[StagLefty]

Also the company that owns 9 is asking for a 300% rate increase for programming.

http://www.9news.com/life/programming/dish.aspx

[Ashton]

I'm up to 64 channels that I get on just my regular FREE TV tuner. Anything else I want to watch I download without commercials.

[brutal]

Meh,

I've been with Dish 14 years, since when they sold retail. I have zero issues, no rate increases, and more channels than I can watch. In fact, I've had rate decreases for customer loyalty. HBO Go now works on my Nexus, so I'm happy.

FWIW, I have an OTR HD antenna so losing locals over Dish is no big deal. I can DVR anything and skip through the chaff as it is, don't see why their panties are in a twist over Hopper unless it's the full on prime-time pre-recording with commercial skipping. I'm getting ready to pull the trigger on my low cost upgrade to Hopper myself.

This happens every time any contract is up for renewal, lots of chest thumping and they usually settle in the end.

Internally, yes Dish and Echostar (both former and current clients) IT is a sweatshop at many levels, not all. FWIW, 9News, as well as 2 was a client many years ago until Gannett bought them. Gannet can go fuck themselves.

[bigun1962]

Best idea is to turn the tv off. More money towards fun stuff anyway.