[Bikers4Bush]

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.

[Buckeye McFrog]

anything that reduces MTV viewership is a plus for America!

[Monty22]

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.

[longtermmemmory]

How do Viacoms advertisers feel about this. Will they be getting a rebate?

[spectre]

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 :~)

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[Semi Civil Servant]

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.

[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 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.

[RichardW]

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.

[Richard Kimball]

Heck, take the money you're paying Viacommies and get some decent programming. I couldn't care less about the loss of these channels.

[petitfour]

Praise God!

I had to say that. I wish all cable companies would drop Viacom's evil rot from their line-ups. It is mafia-like for Viacom to group Nickelodeon with MTV and force consumers to pay for both when MTV is such rot. We've done quite well without paying $30+ a month for all those must-have channels, including FOX News. We can read about what is on television. And what we don't know about, we don't seem to miss. Very liberating.

[OldFriend]

Wow, how did those folks in the Denver area get so lucky!!!!

[Hurricane Andrew]

Frankly, I think this was handled very poorly. This is the first I heard about it. Yeah, I can live (better actually) without MTV, BET, and that trash, but there are issues I have with it.

First, if Dish wanted to start an outcry against Vilecom, they should have begun the process weeks if not months ago. By simply haveing the stations go dark, they are hurting their customers and will have much of the outcry, especially from the masses, directed at them, not Vilecom.

Second, I need my local stations. All of them. Well, I don't need WB, but I do need the rest. The wife is going to have my head if the dispute is not settled by Survivor, and frankly, I'll be a bit peeved as well. I'll have Dish's head if March Madness becomes March Nothingness.

Finally, with three young children and a wife who's a stay at home mom with kids ages 8, 6, and 4, her life without Blues Clues and Dora the Explorer to buy her that little bit of peace in the afternoon to buy her that time to get things done is going to be a nightmare. Try explaining coprorate manuevering to a 4 year old who's crying because he can't watch Blue's Clues.

I have no idea what I'll do. I've already lodged complaints to both parties. Right now I don't think much of either, I'm not a fan of DirectTV, and I can't stand my local cable company.

[glock rocks]

Let's see how Charlie plays this one out...

I won't miss CBS, or most of the garbage,

but Nick? my kids'll drive us nuts.

and Spike? (no Star Trek NG) eeeek!

[Born Conservative]

Ping

[ProudGOP]

a move that could threaten their ability to watch, among other things,

the March Madness college basketball tournament.

It has better be resolved by then or I am switching to DirectTV. I got dish with the understanding that they would buy Hughes (DTV) so I would be able to get the NFL Sunday Ticket. That fell through so I've been without the Ticket for 2 years.

[mhking]

DirecTV is your friend...[g]

Just damn.

If you want on the list, FReepmail me. This IS a high-volume PING list...

[cpprfld]

What I wish we could do is pick and choose which channels we want. That way I am not paying for those useless channels, such as MTV, HGTV, and the Sci-Fi channel.

[Xenalyte]

A message to this effect was scrolling across the bottom of whatever I had on in the background last night, but since we're Warner Cable (I know, I know), I figured it wasn't exactly germane to my life.