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Viacom channels go dark on EchoStar in dispute over programming fees
Times Leader ^
| 3/9/2004
| Catherine Tsai
Posted on 03/09/2004 5:42:32 AM PST by Born Conservative
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To: Born Conservative
I'm behind DISH on this. I have no need for MTV and don't see why I should be forced to get it and pay for it.
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posted on
03/09/2004 5:49:13 AM PST
by
Bikers4Bush
(Flood waters rising, heading for more conservative ground. Write in Tancredo in 04'!)
To: Born Conservative
anything that reduces MTV viewership is a plus for America!
To: Bikers4Bush
And that goes double for BET.
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posted on
03/09/2004 5:50:04 AM PST
by
Bikers4Bush
(Flood waters rising, heading for more conservative ground. Write in Tancredo in 04'!)
To: Born Conservative
My gf told me that her Dish stuff looked weird this morning. I didn't know what she was talking about at the time.. Very odd.
I have Directv and wasn't watching anyway, but now I understand why she said that.
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posted on
03/09/2004 5:52:37 AM PST
by
Monty22
To: Bikers4Bush
Yeah, but Nickelodeon? I love my cartoons. Glad I just switched from Dish a couple of weeks ago (because of VERY poor customer service!).
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posted on
03/09/2004 5:53:03 AM PST
by
Siouxz
To: Born Conservative
How do Viacoms advertisers feel about this. Will they be getting a rebate?
To: Siouxz
Pretty much anything Nickelodeon shows you can buy on DVD.
As for your poor customer service. I have absolutely no complaints about them. They are a million times better than Adelphia was.
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posted on
03/09/2004 5:55:20 AM PST
by
Bikers4Bush
(Flood waters rising, heading for more conservative ground. Write in Tancredo in 04'!)
To: Siouxz
Directv's customer service has to be worse. 100% pure indian rudeness.
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posted on
03/09/2004 5:56:28 AM PST
by
Monty22
To: Born Conservative
We wrote to "Charlie" last night, and gave them a big thumbs up for our approval.
BTW, we subscribe to the full Dish network package. And we certainly won't miss the programs Dish is deleting, since we never watched them to begin with :~)
sw
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posted on
03/09/2004 5:58:48 AM PST
by
spectre
(Spectre's wife (Don't mess with the History channel!))
To: Siouxz
I REALLY like Spongebob.
So does my daughter.
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posted on
03/09/2004 6:03:29 AM PST
by
tiamat
("Just a Bronze-Age Gal, Trapped in a Techno World!")
To: Born Conservative
It looks like I lost 4 channels in my package. It's no loss to me, but my daughter watches a lot of Nickelodeon.
Dish Network is running a notice on each dropped channel telling people to call VileCom. Both companies will get a LOT of calls today.
I've been very happy with Dish Network. I don't see a reason to switch at all. I do hope if this is long term they add some aditional channels to compensate.
To: Born Conservative
I'm a Dish subscriber and have my house in turmoil because my three year old has lost his Nick Jr. I couldn't be more pleased. I'm behind Dish too.
I just hope that Dish is just as supportive of it's customers when Dish is squeezing the end users by bundling it's programming.
It's good to see that a company is willing to draw a line. Isn't that why the Direct TV/Dish deal was nixed by congress? We can't have just one monopoly.
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posted on
03/09/2004 6:05:39 AM PST
by
blackdog
(I feed the sheep the coyotes eat)
To: Bikers4Bush
I bet Canada is going bonkers eh? Nickelodean and it's productions are good stuff. Almost all Canadian produced.
I miss Danger Mouse from the eighties. I used to rush home from work to watch DM.
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posted on
03/09/2004 6:09:12 AM PST
by
blackdog
(I feed the sheep the coyotes eat)
To: Bikers4Bush
" And that goes double for BET. "
I got rid of BET too....locked it out on all my sets what a bunch of trash.
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posted on
03/09/2004 6:12:22 AM PST
by
Kakaze
To: blackdog
"I'm a Dish subscriber and have my house in turmoil because my three year old has lost his Nick Jr. I couldn't be more pleased. I'm behind Dish too." I've heard many people say that DirecTV has a slightly sharper picture on most channels than Dish. You could always change - they are having a big promotion at the moment.
Michael
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posted on
03/09/2004 6:13:21 AM PST
by
Wright is right!
(It's amazing how fun times when you're having flies.)
To: Born Conservative
I'm with Dish on this. I had lousy service with DirectTV and went to Dish and always can get through to them for technical assistance. I'm sticking with them.
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posted on
03/09/2004 6:15:55 AM PST
by
RichardW
To: Born Conservative
Heck, take the money you're paying Viacommies and get some decent programming. I couldn't care less about the loss of these channels.
To: Monty22
"Directv's customer service has to be worse. 100% pure indian rudeness." Um, DTV's customer service is right here in the USA. I don't know if it's staffed with Navajos, Kiowas, Creeks, or Chickasaws or not.
While I've had one bad experience with them, it was over an arcane matter of Motorhome Exemptions for Distant Networks which was partially my fault for improperly explaining, the vast majority of my DTV experience has been quite positive. Plus, for most programming changes, you can simply make them online and by the time you log off, the changes are in effect in your service.
Michael
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posted on
03/09/2004 6:18:33 AM PST
by
Wright is right!
(It's amazing how fun times when you're having flies.)
To: Wright is right!
Are you sure Directv's support is USA based?
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posted on
03/09/2004 6:24:46 AM PST
by
Monty22
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