Dishnetwork sucks!!!
 

They pulled the plug on all of Viacom's channels, CBS, MTV, VH1, Nickelodeon, and Comedy Central. I am sooooo pissed right now! I am cancelling if it is not back on by tomorrow. I also wrote a letter to the ceo at ceoofdishnetwork@dishnetwork.com :mad: The jokers are giving a $1 credit, I don't think that's going to make up for the lack of 5 or more channels.

I like my direct tv...

Now in all fairness, Viacom did actually ask for $.06 / month per customer more to allow Dish network to continue to have access to its channels.

That, BTW, is exactly 2% of the monthly fee increase DN network recently slapped onto its customes. . .

:rolleyes:

Involving customers in a vendor dispute?

If one of my employees did that, I'd fire his ass.

Ditto

Ding ding ding... I'm with ya on that....

It sucks royally. This is the last straw, I have been through the hoops with these guys regarding the 921 HD receiver.

That's kind of my point. Dish network has decided to use its customer base as a bargaining chip. Viacom stands to lose ad revenue if it doesn't get this resolved quickly, and DN stands to lose many customers quickly who can't get their daily dose of The Daily Show or MTV Live or whatever. It's a pretty big gamble on both sides.

Honestly I hate all cable/sat providers. They give you hundreds of shit channels and charge you up the ass. I don't need 5 lifetime channels, 1 is too many! I have just basic cable to avoid the pain of rabbit ears. Cable companies have been jacking up prices forever and I am getting sick of this shit. TV providers should let you pick the channels you want and only pay for those. And DN is just retarded, everyone knows DirecTV is does a better job.

You can select channels ala carte, but because of the EXTRA lifetime, HBO, MTV, etc, it brings down the price of the channel subs. Thus you get more for your dollar, even if you don't want it. I'm sure that there are some components or options on many products you own, from your computer to your VCR, that you don't ever use, because it's cheaper to include it,

As far as the "war" I hated seeing the chyron crawl come across my screen telling me that Dishnetwork is going to kill off it's channels. WTF.

Cable companies have been jacking up prices by offering newer and different products such as digital channels, HD, DVR, cable modem, VoIP telephony. You can still get basic cable for a very modest price. You want all the options then you'll be paying for it, which IMO is only fair.

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I would be furious, but I have Direct TV...so I got lucky, I guess.

DirectTV > all

Double Ditto. Especially since I don't pay a freakin cent for it.

I love movies. I really love movies. Despite the infuriatingly stupid ads...

The Bearer of 'On Demand' > Direct TV > the remainder

I see it a bit differently. CBS/Viacom is trying to strongarm Dish into accepting a, frankly, bullshit price increase just because they think they can. Dish is responding by telling them, hell no you can't, because we aren't going to make our customers pay for your greed. Give it a week and I bet the channels are back because Viacom will fold. It worked last year when Dish used the same tactics, and they ended up saving me money. I can't be too upset about that!

I have basic cable at the moment, and I saw something scroll across the bottom of Fox during Cops the other day telling people to call Dishnetwork and complain about that. Based on the various spelling mistakes and abundant exclamation marks, I came to the conclusion that it was most likely a signal hack by a pissed off customer. :p

I use to have Dishnetwork and i switched to Direct Tv. I recommend others to do it as well.

I just switched from Dishnetwork to Direct TV. In addition, the new Direct TV deal includes free Tivo! I am a happy man :D

I agree. You're absolutely right in thinking that Viacom is going to fold first. With 9.5 million households now Viacom free, it just seems like Viacom has more to lose and faster. It's not about the 6 cents, it's a matter of principle and that I can understand.


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I'll miss The Daily Show and nothing else. MTV? VH1? MTV....2!?!?!?

Egads, man!
What will I do for my "Road Rules/Real World Lost in Cancun Spring Break hip hop video countdown of the worlds' greatest bling videos" fix?!?!!?!

hooray for directv !!! :D

Spongebob Squarepants! Fairly odd Parents! NO!!!!!!!!!!!! I wish I had Nickelodeon! Damnit! damnit! argh!!!

I'll give them a little while to fix this because I think Viacom is more at fault and I don't want to dump a company that's working hard to keep costs down, that's not to say that dishnetwork is a totally "for the costomer" company. They're not the good guy, They're just the less bad one if that makes any sense....

One Dollar a month credit is an insult though, They could give me wrestlemania XX free and I'd forgive them though, as long as it gets worked out soon :P :P

DishNetwork
 

I agree, they blow!! switched off of them 3 mos. ago to go with Hi Def through cable

Dish
 

I agree, they blow!! I switched to HiDef Cable 3 mos ago for less $$

Three things here fore me, Dish Network should not be using their customers as a bargaining chip. If I had DN, I would have already cancelled and called the cable company. Second, Viacom is only asking for 6 cents/customer. I think it's reasonable since they just jacked up their customers for an extra few bucks a month.

Someone mentioned haveing it set up where you pick the channels. Ideally, that would work, but the truth is that you'd probably end up paying more per channel and overall than you were before.

Dish Network is by far a superior company than DirecTV. If they weren't, DirecTV wouldn't be hurting like they are. Dish has also given more customers to Viacom and MTV than everyone else COMBINED. Dish has continued to stomp the living daylights out of DirecTV over the past several years. Over the last 2 years (eight business quarters), Dish trounced DirecTV seven of those eight quarters. The reason? Their customer service is better, promotions for new customers are better, more options for new customers, they have promotions in place for existing customers, flexible payment options, more options in programming, less expensive programming, and a million other things. Dish is also offering an additional 4 channels (one of which an Encore movie channel) to their customers during the dispute. In my opinion, as a Dish retailer, Viacom is the greedy one here. Dish has done nothing unreasonable. Dish has CBS affiliates in over 100 markets around the US, 15 of which are owned by Viacom. Dish even offered to pay Viacom as much as Dish was paying the most expensive CBS affiliate, and Viacom refused. Dish is not trying to make enemies with anyone. They are a very generous company. On and around 9/11, when the CBS tower on the WTC was taken out and New York cable customers were left without a CBS, Dish Network offered up their feed to the cable system for FREE.

Dish has been giving hi def receivers and DVR's away long before DirecTV. Why do you suppose DirecTV is giving TiVo away now? Because they would like to gain some ground on Dish, who currently has more DVR units in homes than anyone else.

What do you pay per month for the HD package, and what do you get as part of it?

Incorrect. Viacom actually asked somewhere between 2 and 3 dollars more per customer. The exact number is not known, but I do know that is slighly less than ESPN, which is between 2 and 3 dollars per customer. Charlie Ergen, CEO of Dish, publicly announced that if Viacom would accept an increase of $.06, that he would sign the contract tomorrow.

i understand neither company wanted to go for a bullshit contract, but isn't that better than losing tons of customers by shutting off their favorite channels? Personally if my bill went up by a few dollars a month, i'd be pissed, and might consider switching... but going without my favorite few channels would make my ass switch services pretty damn quick.

I luv my Direct TV. In all the years i have had it, not one problem.
I get the channels i want, so i have no complaints.
It is disturbing tho, that the two companies are using the customer base to try to squeeze each other. In the long run, Dish and Viacom will both lose.

God damn dish...

So they take away almost 10 channels and give us one in return(WAM), without lowering our bills...=BULLSHIT!!!

I understand what you are saying, but I what I meant was just pay for each individual channel. I know it will never happen. But it would be nice to pay, say 50 cents each for the channels that you want. There are only about 15 channels (mostly local) I watch, so in therory I would have a cable bill of $7.50 versus the 42.90 I pay now for basic cable. And about 10 years ago my parents were paying 28 bucks with premium channels. So it obviously cable companies are making huge profits without much extra service provided.

here's what came across my desk while I was out of the office...

I think Dish Network is fucked... Does anyone know how many people have switched from Dish since this event started?

and here's what just came down the pike...

I don't think many have. 3 days without the channels. They gave you a dollar credit on your bill, two dollars in some cases, a few extra channels until March 14, and a free pay per view movie... get the fuck over it.

Is your name O.J. ?

direct tv rules! well, if you program the cards although i wouldn't recommend it. OJ got caught, and so can you. i hope nobody here lectures me about stealing airwaves.