Dish Network customers lose FX, Fox Sports, NatGeo over rate dispute
Two of the three possible regular season final games for outgoing Braves manager Bobby Cox may be blacked out for Dish Network customers if a dispute over rates isn't resolved. CREDIT: Curtis Compton/ajc.com
If you’re a Dish Network customer and planning to watch two of the three final Atlanta Braves regularly scheduled season games this weekend, you may be out of luck.
News Corp.’s Fox is blocking Dish’s access to 19 Fox Sports channels, FX and the National Geographic Channel. The sticking point is rate increases. Dish said they are asking for transmission fee increase of more than 50 percent. Those increases are often passed on to customers in the form of higher monthly subscription rates.
In a press release today, Dish said, “Fox has flatly refused Dish Network’s request to allow customers to continue to watch these FOX channels during the negotiations.”
“Dish Network is not going to allow Fox or any programmer to bully our customers into paying such an unconscionable price increase,” said Dave Shull, senior vice president of Programming for Dish Network in the press release.
The University of Georgia football game on Saturday night versus the Colorado Buffaloes is set to air on Fox Sports South, which would be unavailable if this dispute continues.
But good news, Dawg fans: Dish has come up with a work around. It has made some channels available that most Atlanta subscribers don’t normally get, including FSN Rocky Mountain (9664) and CSN Mid-Atlantic (9667) . Those networks are airing the Georgia-Colorado game. (UPDATE: I hear this work-around did not end up happening. I’m checking with Dish to see if that was indeed the case.)
There, so far, appears to be no other option for the affected Braves games SportsSouth is scheduled to air the Braves-Phillies game tonight at 7:30 p.m. Fox Sports South is set to air the Sunday game, which could be manager Bobby Cox’s final game ever, at 1:30 p.m. (The Saturday game at 4 p.m. will air on WAGA-TV, which Dish Network customers will have access to whether this dispute is resolved or not.)
Fox has its own website about the situation at www.getwhatipaidfor.com where it also notes that the Fox broadcast network might be affected on November 1 in a separate dispute. There, Fox points to alternative options such as DirecTV, Comcast and AT&T U-Verse.
In a media statement today, Fox said, “The proposal we’ve offered Dish is fair and in line with the tremendous value we provide. We regret the inconvenience to our viewers, but Dish has asserted its subscribers do not value our channels and has made a decision to go forward without them.”
This move affects Dish Network’s 14.3 million nationwide customers. (Dish does not reveal metro specific numbers.)
According to Scarborough Research covering February 2009 to January 2010, the Atlanta metro area has 1.5 million households that subscribe to cable, 527,700 households who use DirecTV and 320,400 households who have Dish.
This current dispute does not impact Fox News, the Fox broadcast network (WAGA) or Fox Business Channel.
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305 comments Add your comment
Aaron O'Brien
September 30th, 2010
11:24 pm
what the S#!T I won’t go without sunny in philly
I’m not afraid to go to direct tv
erdrnick
September 30th, 2010
11:26 pm
Who do you think owns Direct TV?
Len Bierman
September 30th, 2010
11:28 pm
The national Geographic channel has alot of decent programming.
I hope you folks will come to some sort of agreement on this issue.
I like dishnetwork with alot of good programming.
You folks can tell fox that greed is not an option, coming from a loyal consumer, who spends alot of money each month on programming.
Thank you,
Len Bierman
Len Bierman
September 30th, 2010
11:29 pm
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Desiree
September 30th, 2010
11:47 pm
cannot lose FX I have been waiting all summer for Always Sunny this is my favorite show
Dawg Fan
September 30th, 2010
11:57 pm
There will be a bunch of mad Dawgs if the Colorado game is not shown.
observer
September 30th, 2010
11:58 pm
If you are a sports fan why would you want Dish network anyway? DirectTV is far superior.
kreedham
October 1st, 2010
12:15 am
Well I’m happy with Dish. But if they can’t work it out with Fox I’ve got no problems switching to Direct TV.
Sports Fan
October 1st, 2010
12:17 am
Its all about money. First of all DISH requires you to sign up for an upgraded package in order to get FOX Sports (part of the standard package on COX cable) and now they will be unable to provide that service. Don’t think for a minute that they will lower your monthly bill or let you out of your contract with them. Can anyone spell Class Action law suit?
bornloser
October 1st, 2010
1:02 am
get cable you morons!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
tim
October 1st, 2010
1:08 am
Well, it is 1:07 AM on Oct. 1st and I still have Fox Sports, FX and NatGeo. I guess Dish struck a deal.
tim
October 1st, 2010
1:11 am
You know, my Dish DVR box re-booted on its own 3 times this evening and updated the guide data. It happened around 11:00 PM. I wonder if they were working on removing these channels???
Yunel's Frosted Tips
October 1st, 2010
1:40 am
I think the deadline is midnite Pacific Time
Hiahwahnah
October 1st, 2010
2:35 am
Dishnetwork just told me that if fx is there then I keep it, if not, then it is gone. I am so pissed off I want to throw my box out the window!
Scott Blanks
October 1st, 2010
3:16 am
Unbelievable. Three games left in the season and still in the wild race and you do this? Unforgivable! Hello Uverse! Absolute hatred I feel for Dish right now!
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Billy
October 1st, 2010
5:59 am
Glad I have DirecTV!
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Jason
October 1st, 2010
6:31 am
U-verse is the way to go if you can get it.
Vod Kanockers
October 1st, 2010
7:06 am
I won’t be able to watch Motorhead Garage on FSN starring Atlanta’s own Sam Memmolo.
Kevin
October 1st, 2010
7:23 am
U-Verse!!!! Had it over a year now without any programming issues. HD looks great channel changing happens instantly. Plus they gave me a $250 check (no visa card, no bill credit, a check payable to ME) just for signing up online.
Thom
October 1st, 2010
7:25 am
Ive been a DirecTV customer for 8 years. Even though DirecTV owns a portion of DISH, they are completely different. It has to be a monsoon for DirecTV to go out yet if it barely sprinkled when I had DISH, I would lose signal. U-Verse is idiotic as they put the “box” over half a mile away from my home and I can’t get it. Have to be under 3000′ for U-Verse, but the people I talk to who have it says it freezes up and pixulates like a bad sat. picture sometimes.
Don’t be mad at DISH though, it’s not them that’s causing the outage, it’s the network. DISH is fighting for the consumer so they won’t have to raise their rates and the network is not granting DISH access while they are still in negotiations.
David
October 1st, 2010
7:29 am
I was at a cook out at my nieces house last weekend and had to miss the UGA game because they have dish and the game was not available on what they had. It was on an “upgrade” channel. You gotta be kidding me. I have also been places when the weather was bad and the channel was going in and out. Why does anybody have this crappy service? I don’t get it. I will keep my cable, thank you.
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ugatiger
October 1st, 2010
7:32 am
Hey pissed off Dish customers, for what it is worth, flood the phone lines and e-mails of your Public Service Commisioners, they will tell you they have nothing to do with it but they will step in and make recommendations if you flood it! We vote them in to help the public, we can vote them out!
Chris D.
October 1st, 2010
7:42 am
According to Dish’s website Fox sports rocky mountain will be made available for free. And after checking their schedule they will be showing GA game.
TheReally
October 1st, 2010
7:50 am
I remember when we had Dish and anything as minimal as a slight wind shift or even a hint of rain and the damn thing froze up or got distorted. I’ve had DirectTV since and like someone said it takes a freaking hurricane to knock the signal off. Interesting indeed.
Bhahahahaha
October 1st, 2010
7:52 am
Fox used to own DirecTV, now it is owned by Liberty which owns your Atlanta Braves.
BamaFan
October 1st, 2010
7:53 am
Directv is no better. We’ve had multiple issues with them too, and currently pay almost $100 a month for the basics. Despite the fact that my mother-in-law works for them, I would change in a minute if there were more options, other than Dish, Directv, or Charter where I live. What happened to customer service in this country?
Southern Dog
October 1st, 2010
7:59 am
What is the dish channel number for fox sports rocky mountain? Thanks
Kevin O'Connell
October 1st, 2010
8:00 am
All you bozos who shout cable and U-Verse: Not everybody lives where there is cable. There are a whole bunch of us who live outside the area served. This action is violation of contract by Dish. I just got signed up a couple of months ago and the service is fine. Major reasons for signing were saving money by bundling with my phone and Internet and to see college football. I am also a huge Braves fan and have enjoyed watching them again after not having any kind of live TV for nearly five years. But hey, this is not the end of the world. Take that time you would have been watching and serve the Lord by being a blessing to others.
bravesgrl4life
October 1st, 2010
8:00 am
http://www.getwhatipaidfor.com will let you enter your zip code and choose your DISH provider (either U-verse or Alltel Corp). When you click on Submit, it will tell you if you are still getting service or not.
Chief Hittabatta
October 1st, 2010
8:00 am
I still prefer Dish. Some channels are only available on by satellite, and DirecTV is too dam expensive. If all you watch is basic cable anyway, then your carrier doesn’t matter, but for international channels, satellite is a must.
Chief Hittabatta
October 1st, 2010
8:02 am
I serve the Lord by watching sports!
Janice Zeigler
October 1st, 2010
8:02 am
Recently DUMPED THE DISH and switched to DIRECT TV. WILL NOT go back after the way I was treated as one of their LOYAL CUSTOMERS.
dawg day afternoon
October 1st, 2010
8:10 am
You can watch Georgia vs. Colorado on Dish Network channel 9667, which is Comcast Sports Net (Dish is giving customers 12 channels free during this Fox lockout). Problem solved.
dawg day afternoon
October 1st, 2010
8:21 am
You should be more mad at Fox: they’re the ones that cut the channels.
And the only reason they cut them is because Dish refused to raise YOUR satellite bill.
Greg
October 1st, 2010
8:24 am
Dish sucks. DTV suck. Cable sucks.
They all suck.
JJ
October 1st, 2010
8:27 am
You better believe they will hear from me.
brokeback jacket
October 1st, 2010
8:31 am
How will I watch the tech game now?? No way I’m buying a ticket, they play in the ghetto!! Go honey bees!!
joe
October 1st, 2010
8:35 am
Seems to me the way UGA is playing, nobody would want to watch them lose again anyway!
Jerry
October 1st, 2010
8:38 am
Read the article. Dish is trying to hold the line on rates. Fox sucks and Rupert Murdoch should be sent packing back to his home country. He has enough money.
dep
October 1st, 2010
8:42 am
directv rocks!
whm
October 1st, 2010
8:43 am
Thanks dawgdayafternoon for the headsup on 9667. In researching your statement, I also see a bunch of baseball on 9664 through 9672. No Braves, but you can see SF vs San Diego fight for division/wild card. I agree completely with 8:21 post, that it is not Dish that pays, it is the customer. Dish is sticking up for them. Once Braves regular season is over, I do not think I will miss Fox sports south at all. I am not a fan of rerun fishing shows.
Rodney Ho
October 1st, 2010
8:45 am
I’m checking with a Fox Sports spokeswoman to confirm that 9667 work around.
ToccoaDawg
October 1st, 2010
8:51 am
I prefer the changes to a fox sports rate hike
Surfer
October 1st, 2010
8:52 am
I have had dish for four years and am very happy. Only lose the signal when there is very intense rainfall. I would lose my cable much more frequently. Thanks Dish for fighting such an outrageous rate increase. I can watch the UGA game at a sports bar.
srf
October 1st, 2010
8:52 am
Any Phillies network workaround to see the Braves ?
Sounds To Me
October 1st, 2010
8:54 am
Sounds to Me like McGarity is working the schedule.
LMAO!!!!
ToccoaDawg
October 1st, 2010
8:54 am
Thank you dish for sticking up for me
wow
October 1st, 2010
8:57 am
That is crazy! There’s only one solution….FIRE RODNEY HO!! (@FireRodneyHo)
N-GA
October 1st, 2010
8:58 am
Fox is to broadcasting as Walmart is to retailing……
1911A1
October 1st, 2010
8:58 am
Dish ain’t “holding the line” on rates – they just increased their receiver fees.
My main beef is the stupid packaging. Why do I pay monthly fees for home shopping channels, Hispanic channels, and so forth that I will never watch? (As we all know, the entire pay TV industry works this way.) Bring on ala carte ordering!!!
dawg day afternoon
October 1st, 2010
8:58 am
Randy, the Georgia/Colorado game is listed on the info screen for channel 9667 in the 7pm time slot for Saturday, and as of right now the channel is unlocked. Hopefully, it stays that way. Too bad about the Braves though. Maybe ESPN will pick up Sunday’s game.
whm: No problem at all!
srf: I don’t see any Philadelphia area channels in the package that Dish added. That would have been the easiest solution though.
Shaun
October 1st, 2010
9:05 am
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Shaun
October 1st, 2010
9:08 am
Just chatted with Dish.. we will be able to watch the Georgia/Colorado game on 9664 or 9667. 9667 is the Comcast regional sports network and 9664 is Fox Sports Rocky Mountain, which is not owned by Newscorp and therefore not affected by this issue. It is also showing up on channel 444 HDALT… and chat claimed that i’d be able to watch the game in HD on 444 if it was being broadcast in HD.. but the Miss St. game was not in HD so who knows… The braves are a different story.. no such luck there!
tankntank
October 1st, 2010
9:19 am
I just added the extra package last week to get the Dawgs and be able to watch the last few braves games. sucks for me
Richham
October 1st, 2010
9:20 am
Everyone is slowing moving away from cable anyways. Cable companies continue to charge outrageous prices so most people can watch television for a couple hours a day and on the weekends. This is just the beginning folks. 25% or more of the population will turn off their cable in the next five years. If your within the metro area buy an antenna, continue to get HD local channels and stream the rest.
SRF
October 1st, 2010
9:27 am
I guess we could pay to stream online from MLB ?
PMC
October 1st, 2010
9:28 am
Wow, It’s unfortunate for Dawg fans this didn’t happen 3 weeks ago.
the k'ng of college fball
October 1st, 2010
9:30 am
If Dish paid fox it’s new demands, and passed it on to you, you would whine in the opposite direction.
Today on the show we break down the compelling matchups in the Northern Illinois at Akron game on saturday, and chernoff will talk fast and stumble over his words.
Rhonda, you RAWK!
InTheKnow
October 1st, 2010
9:33 am
Thom, DirecTV doesn’t own any portion of Dish Network whatsoever. Up until the split of Echostar and Dish Network, it was a much larger corporation than DirecTV.
SRF
October 1st, 2010
9:35 am
I wonder if DIsh and Direct merged, would they have more bargaining power with channels or would they just screw us more ?
Eric Johnson
October 1st, 2010
9:43 am
What? No baseball game this weekend? How am I going to fall asleep now?
Jeff
October 1st, 2010
9:44 am
Why can’t they just slap the feed onto Peachtree TV???
Mmm Hmm
October 1st, 2010
9:47 am
What sucks is that lots of sports bars use DISH.
JohnB
October 1st, 2010
9:48 am
I am a Dish customer and I think the selection of channels sucks because it is so manipulated to get you to buy the bigger selection packages. I understand marketing, but I think it’s a rip-off. Especially when the HD channels don’t work about a third of the time. Direct is looking better all the time!
Double Zero Eight
October 1st, 2010
9:49 am
I had Dish and they were terrible. The customer service was awful. Switched to Direct and have been very pleased. You also get more
for your money in my opinion.
Peter
October 1st, 2010
9:51 am
Fox the Republican Channel…..yes let the markets work their issue’s out the Republican’s always say !
southern hope
October 1st, 2010
9:52 am
Listen on the radio….it’s *way* better than the TV….go out on your front porch…bring a bowl of roasted peanuts with you….and cheer them on.
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tim
October 1st, 2010
9:53 am
Why would anyone subscribe to Dish?? According to the latest lawsuit they have screwed all their customers.
They might be cheaper but they don’t offer close to the programming of Direct. And they sure don’t offer much sports programming. If you want to watch sports…..you won’t be watching it on Dish cuz it’s not offered.
Tom
October 1st, 2010
9:53 am
So Dish may keep folks from being able to see the mutts this weekend?
Maybe they’re bucking for some kind of humanitarian award?
Jason C.
October 1st, 2010
9:54 am
I have at quarter-inch thick file of correspondence with DISH (before I jettisoned them) on my problems with Dish Network Satellite TV. They have got to be the Gold Standard in Dumb-Ass Customer Service! I had them for over 8 years and finally could not stand it any longer. 7 rate increases in 43 months (avg: 1 every 6.1 months). Their Customer (DIS)Service is by far the worse I’ve ever encountered.
Direct TV is not much better, however, it IS better.
Anybody still on cable TV needs to try satellite TV.
Jason
southern hope
October 1st, 2010
9:54 am
brokeback jacket at 8:31. Tech plays in the ghetto? Dude, I live 2 blocks from there….wake up & smell the new century…..it’s awesome in-town.
southern hope
October 1st, 2010
9:55 am
I wish we had a “like” on these comments because I’d give 10 of them to the comment by PMC at 9:28.
Red Fox
October 1st, 2010
9:56 am
If AT&T Uverse is available in your neighborhood, I highly recommend making the switch.
layinlow
October 1st, 2010
9:58 am
According to fox website if this issue isn’t resolved by November 1st then we lose Fox WAGA channel 5. That would mean all NFC NFL games and of course all Falcon games. Luckily I have options since my Dish contract expires in November. Already looking into U-Verse packages.
Ashley
October 1st, 2010
9:59 am
I am a Dish customer and I am still able to watch FX. I do not know if I will eventually lose it but I am happy I still have it right now. Does anyone other Dish customer also have FX available still?
RodneyHo'sUnemploymentAgent
October 1st, 2010
10:01 am
Fire Randy Ho!
Republican Bail-Out
October 1st, 2010
10:05 am
The Dish Network is a bunch of crooks owned by bankrupt General Motors.
Ronnie Lott hit like a girl
October 1st, 2010
10:06 am
Interesting how Fox isn’t cutting Dish service to Fox News. They knew they’d get 10 times as many calls that way…
The Ardent Gardener
October 1st, 2010
10:08 am
Wow, lots of DirecTV plants on this blog.
The job market isn’t so bad after all, is it?
greedyproviders
October 1st, 2010
10:09 am
Dish and Direct had better watch out…consumers are always looking for way to cut cost we may just begin streaming our TV shows through Hulu and other sources..it’s free..we’re already paying out the wazoo for DSL so why should we keep paying for cable providers when we can get it for free..except for local news and live games but college games stream live via ESPN360.com..
Chris
October 1st, 2010
10:10 am
Or, we get great CS and quality from DirecTV. You couldn’t pay me to go back to Comcrap.
tim
October 1st, 2010
10:11 am
Well, Fox Sports is GONE!!! I just checked, and one of Dish Network’s big wigs is on there explaining what is going on.
SRF
October 1st, 2010
10:14 am
Yeah well wait until the next negotiation with Direct – then I bet you will see the same crap
Kegger55
October 1st, 2010
10:14 am
I’m a current Dish customer and subscribe to the expanded sports package, mostly for the Southern Conference FB games on SportsSouth. I hope they work this out soon but I see this mostly as a Fox issue, trying to raise revenues during a bad economy. My favorite show is Sons of Anarchy on FX and will just download it from a torrent site if need be.
greedyproviders
October 1st, 2010
10:15 am
BTW…I also have been a loyal Dish customer for over 11 years and yes I still have all of my FX, sports channels…..they had better not wait until the games begin on Saturday to pull the plug or we will be ringing their phones off the hook…..we are not afraid to drop our service and move on…I am already upset that ABC Family and ESPN News lost it’s HD signal due to contract disputes and now this FX mess…stop being so greedy networks…and put some real television shows on not this reality crap it’s really poisoning the ninds of these already crazy children.
meh
October 1st, 2010
10:15 am
I don’t know why y’all are getting so mad at DISH. Fox is the one dickin everyone over. They’re trying to raise their rates would cause your bill to go up and DISH is callin FOX on their BS. You should be pissed at FOX not DISH.
heartofdarkness
October 1st, 2010
10:20 am
It’s time for the government to nationalize the programming distribution system in the United States and end these manipulative shell games. CSPAN on every channel.
JayHayKidRulz
October 1st, 2010
10:21 am
If you think cable is going away, you are dead wrong. Satellite can’t compete with fiber on internet speeds, and people will continue to take the flaws with cable in return for 20mb/sec download speeds so they can watch all that on-demand and streaming content that keeps growing. I haven’t missed a Braves game or a UGA football game in 15 years of having Comcast, and I’ve never had more than the minimum level of service. Why would I want to pay $100 or more a month for 300+ channels when I only watch about 15 of them????
edward
October 1st, 2010
10:27 am
I have comcast. I don’t know if they are down there or not as I am in Pittsburgh. Up here ALL the service providers usually suck one way or another. BUT I only pay 90/mnth
Kevin
October 1st, 2010
10:28 am
The scumbags at DISH ought to absorb the cost during negotiations, instead of pointing a finger of blame back at FOX. This is the definition of lousy customer service.
I fired DISH network over a lousy $5 late fee, and had to pay them $15 to turn their box. Their programming sucks any ways. Why pay for 150 channels of crap when I can get ~12 channels of crap broadcasted to me for free?
I’ll never go back.
Start stuffing the DISH network reply envelope’s you get in the mail with their stupid offers with as much junk mail as they can hold. I doubt they get the message but at least it’s a little sweet private revenge.
BTW, Directv sucks too. Oh yeah, Commie-Cast sucks too.
dawgmatic
October 1st, 2010
10:29 am
Who the hell watches ABC Family??
Dawg A
October 1st, 2010
10:29 am
Dish …. get it settled by noon or I along with all of my family and friends have already said we are gone from Dish! And we will not be back!
The Ardent Gardener
October 1st, 2010
10:31 am
FYI: asking Dish to settle it by noon means your monthly bill goes up.
Stimulus
October 1st, 2010
10:33 am
It’s just like the grand ole FOX republicans…….trying to create it’s on stimulus funds with outrageous rate increases. FOX is anti Obama for his stimulus efforts yet they have no conscience or second thoughts about “ravaging” the customers of Dish to maximize their own pockets…..kind of sort of like their on freaking TAX increase….hmmmmmmmm???? Screw FOX!!!!!!!
DawgNation
October 1st, 2010
10:34 am
Here’s what I’m wondering. Are the cable companies and Direc TV agreeing to the price increase from FOX? If so then I applaud DISH for standing firm on not implimenting this increase. The anger needs to be directed to the FOX offices as they are the ones who are causing this.
Slick Nick
October 1st, 2010
10:34 am
Glad I went with DirectTV. Other than the horrible responsiveness of the remote and receiver, everything works pretty good. I have the cheapest package and don’t get Nat Geo and G4, which sucks, but I can deal with it. They do try to sneak in price increases on me though every two months or so though… Was paying like 45 last month for the service which this monthn is now 54, but its better than comcrap which would be for like 85, and not have half the channels in HD.
jjonnes
October 1st, 2010
10:36 am
Quit blaming this thing on the Fox Network. They have the right to charge whatever they see fit for their network feed. The problem is with Dish Network. They’re the ones who refuse to pay for the feed, only because they don’t like the rate increase. Then Charlie Ergen (CEO Dish Network) broadcasts his own feed on the Fox channel telling his customers he’s just doing this to save them from a rate increase. I have a contract with Dish as do most of their customers. They can’t raise my rates. I can leave Dish when my contract expires and pay no rate increase. Don’t *iss on my leg and tell me it’s raining Charlie. Meanwhile, Dish has dropped a channel from the programming package that I’ve purchased only after I signed the contract. How about I pay Dish a portion in Dollars and substitute the remainder with Pesos. If they can change the agreement after the fact why can’t I?
#1DAWGINMISSISSIPPI
October 1st, 2010
10:36 am
I just got off the phone with Dish and they are giving us all the sports channels for free and the UGA vs. Colorodo game will be on channel 424 on Dish and all NFL games free until they settle this crap!
Chris
October 1st, 2010
10:36 am
I hate drive-by political trolls. Sit and spin on your spin.
Disgrunted
October 1st, 2010
10:37 am
Nowhere on the Fox site is there a place to contact them about this issue and express your displeasure with Fox in this whole ordeal. There is a convenient link to contact Dish about it, but not Fox. Seems to me Fox is more interested in waging a PR war, not offer programming to paying customers. For the record, both companies are pricks who could care less about customers. I just want to be able to contact both of them and I would hope Braves fans and UGA fans would inundate both of these horrible companies about this issue.
#1DAWGINMISSISSIPPI
October 1st, 2010
10:41 am
Here is the phone # to call Fox in LA! 310-369-1000
Disgrunted
October 1st, 2010
10:43 am
Thanks #1DAWG. Found this site as well http://www.dishnetwork.com/news/fox.aspx
Wes
October 1st, 2010
10:46 am
I’ve had DirecTV installed and reinstalled 3 times and it still goes out whenever rain is simply in the forecast. It has even gone out because it was “too sunny” according the the geniuses who sold me their garbage.
DAWG FAN
October 1st, 2010
10:47 am
YOU CAN WATCH DAWGS ON FOX SPORTS ROCKY MOUNTAIN WHICH IS ONE OF THE CHANNELS DISH NETWORK IS GIVING FOR FREE UNTIL THIS IS RESOLVED.
Jon
October 1st, 2010
10:51 am
I have an antenna, netflix and internet hooked up to my TV. . .who needs cable or DISH?
Will
October 1st, 2010
10:52 am
I wonder how this will affect us down here in Valdosta. I’m sure we will get the screw as well. I wish Panic were playing somewhere close again.
1911A1
October 1st, 2010
10:52 am
Looks like we have a good old fashioned spitting match here.
Helloooo! Yoo hoo! It’s us, the customers! Remember us?
Didn’t think so.
Q
October 1st, 2010
10:56 am
I hate Direct TV….Dish is far better…….U-Verse is not better…..So, I will stay with Dish even if I can only get the local channels…..Cost too much anyway on all three……Lower my BILL………
CraZyTraDeMaN
October 1st, 2010
10:56 am
This might be stupid but there’s 3 games left for most Baseball teams is there no way they can get an extention done for the weekend. This is stupid!!!! Dish and Fox both blow donkey balls!!!!
Wanttoknow
October 1st, 2010
10:56 am
two questions:
1. Why is there not a TV provider where the customer chooses what channels they get in a “a la carte” style delivery?
2. Why do we pay for channels that we have absolutely no intentions to watch? (and would be happy to not receive)
If the TV providers (comcast, Dish, DirectTV…) do nothing but pass the increases on to the customers, why not give the customers the choice on receiving the channel? Answer: because it is a monopoly that the government (FCC) allows to happen. By tiering the channels, the FCC turns it head while TV providers rake in much more money than they should because the consumers have no true choice.
The whole industry is crooked.
CraZyTraDeMaN
October 1st, 2010
10:59 am
Jon
Those of us who love sports!!!
Dave 316
October 1st, 2010
11:03 am
Hey Rodney! Yea……talking to you Rodney! You HO! Why haven’t you been fired yet?? Every day you are employed is another terrible day for everyone else. No one wants to read your crap. I might of been a fan, but after what you did…….will not be taken lightly. Fire RODNEY, and I will finally be able to sleep at night. Dave 3:16, the original…..out!
#1DAWGINMISSISSIPPI
October 1st, 2010
11:06 am
To:
Stimulus
October 1st, 2010
10:33 am
What a STUPID comment about Fox being anti-obama, They are not taking Fox News off you tool! Dish is taking care of US the Customer and I applaud them for it and by the way I don’t care for obama either, I think he is by far the WORST President this Country has ever had!
Greg
October 1st, 2010
11:07 am
Dish boxes always go out and take forever to load. I don’t have that problem with driect nearly as much. Dish sucks compared to dtv
JayHayKidRulz
October 1st, 2010
11:08 am
Jon, how exactly do I use an antenna when my house is 25 feet below street level, I live 25 miles outside the perimeter, and Kennesaw mountain is in the way? Antennas are 20th century bud, grow up!
Key Man
October 1st, 2010
11:09 am
I had Comcast and kept having problems with the box, so I called ATT about U-verse. It sounded great. I also had regular ATT telephone and ATT DSL. They came out and checked out every thing and said I could get U verse, so I did. They installed, had it for two days and started having outages. They sent a tech out who said I was to far away from the box and they should have never installed. Tried to switch back to regular ATT broadband and they said my area was over serviced and I couldnt go back. The worst customer service I have ever had with any company in my life!!! Ordered Direct TV, installed the next day, looks great, and cheaper. Also much better customer service.
Todd
October 1st, 2010
11:09 am
hey stimulus,
your post was the most inane nonsensical crap i’ve seen in a while. you’re truly the product of poor gov’t education and a obamabot
look at all those loons fleeing the obuma admin. no surprise as he’s been a failure in every way.
Key Man
October 1st, 2010
11:18 am
Rodney: you should do an article about TV service choices (good and bad).
joe
October 1st, 2010
11:19 am
Georgia/Colorado will be on, and it is not coming from a CO perspective. Joel Meyers, Joel Klatt (former Colorado QB) and Jim Knox will be the announcing crew for the game (one of the lead Big 12 crews).
Priscilla
October 1st, 2010
11:21 am
Some customers have no choice but to have Dish Network – I personally have been with Dish for over 10 years and love it, disputes like this have come up in the past, but have always been resolved with no action needed on part of the customers. My boyfriend’s apartment complex on the other hand ONLY provides Dish Network – Comcast cannot get a signal and U-verse is not available.
Sam
October 1st, 2010
11:21 am
Directv is no better. This was the same line they used all last year during the Versus dispute. No NHL games until right before the playoffs. Satellite companies are no good but there is no choice when you can’t get cable.
Dish and Directv stink
October 1st, 2010
11:26 am
ATT U-Verse is the best thing going. Comcast is abysmal.
Flo-Ri-Duh!
October 1st, 2010
11:26 am
All of this is caused by the Fed gov’t, several years ago, imposing oppressive taxes on cable and dish networks – which of course is passed along to us. What do they do with this millions of tax dollars you ask? The Senate and House lines their pockets – money goes to their retirement fund and health care plans. You can VOTE these pigs at the trough out this week and next week….. get off your sofa and go vote. Any incumbent opposed to term limits and limited taxes and a BALANCED BUDGET should be voted OUT. Where is Ross Perot when we need him?
DAN
October 1st, 2010
11:36 am
read all of direct,dishnet work i contract think yall will see how croked they really are
Concerned about the real issues...
October 1st, 2010
11:41 am
I have been a Dish Network hostage for far too long. The reception, or lack thereof, is unbelievable! They should have been paying ME to use them. I am sooooo looking forward to switching to ATTu-verse.
gina
October 1st, 2010
11:52 am
I still have FX but it is not playing normal FX shows…. just a bunch of movies! Which means no. Sons of anarchy, terries, or its always sunny! I’ve had this same problem as a direct tv customer as well… it BS!
Ned
October 1st, 2010
11:55 am
It burns when I urinate
joe
October 1st, 2010
12:05 pm
@ Dave 316- What did Rodney do? Whats your beef with him??
Ken
October 1st, 2010
12:06 pm
It’s all about the damn money. Both sides are not wanting to lose money is what it boils down to. Just simple greed on all sides and trying to make the other look bad.
CraZyTRaDeMaN
October 1st, 2010
12:08 pm
Look I’m pissed off but I can’t blame FOX or any other company for trying to maximize there profits. It just seems like Dish has a hard time getting Sports deals done. No MLB Network, MLB package, NFL package, now they’re having trouble with Fox. I’d love to get with U-verse but my only choice is Charter or a Satellite. After the last time I had Charter they probably have a poster of me on the wall that says do not give this person service. So even if this gets resolved I’m still switching to DIRECTV when my contracts up. They messed with me and my Braves its over. Hell, I’d divorce my wife if she kept me from my Braves to much!
raymond
October 1st, 2010
12:08 pm
Born loser,
Most Dish customers live in an area where cable is not available, so find out a little more about what you are talking about before you call someone a moron. The biggest hit, no Sons of Anarchy.
SatGuy
October 1st, 2010
12:08 pm
Any body want to Switch to Directv for same day installation e-mail me at allen_4451@gmail.com
American Mother
October 1st, 2010
12:10 pm
we just switched from comcast to at&t U-Verse my only problem is too many channels!!!!! too many moveies!!!! too many choices!!!!
but – I’ll get over it!!!! YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comcast called after we switched offering us some deals, NOW!!!????
blah blah blah
October 1st, 2010
12:14 pm
This argument about which service is better is downright stupid. Also, this has nothing to do with politics or free markets. oh, and Fox is not owned by Republicans.
Boortz has a standing offer for anyone to prove a single case of bias reporting by Fox News Channel. Go collect it if youre so smart.
The real conversation we should be having here is to locate and advertise WHERE WE CAN GO TO SEE THE GAMES.
Saturday @ 3:30 Sports South is carrying the pregame for the Bobby Cox celebration.
What bars/restaurants/ taverns etc will be able to televise this? Where can I go to watch a game this weekend if its not on?
a dish customer
October 1st, 2010
12:16 pm
This is total BS
Girl
October 1st, 2010
12:20 pm
Unacceptable that we won’t get these Braves games. Our Dish always goes out when it rains which we have managed to live with. But not getting the Braves games? This is not going to work
Krystal
October 1st, 2010
12:24 pm
I am cancelling my subscription with Dish if there is no FX the only reason I upgraded to the bigger package was because of FX I am so mad that I will miss Sons of Anarchy I will never go back to dish and will advise everyone else to drop them as well
blah blah blah
October 1st, 2010
12:24 pm
Flo-Ri-Duh!
Dont tell these people that coporate taxes are passed along to them in the form of higher prices for the goods they purchase. Any democrat worth his salt will tell you that’s absolutely not true. These fat cat corporations are just hording money. And lets not even talk about what raising the minimum wage does to the cost of your Big Mac.
Of course, these same uneducated..er democrats, wouldn’t understand that printing almost a trillion dollars for the government to spend is essentially collecting a trillion dollars in taxes from the people of this country before they even earn the income.
Remember BHO’s speech at the convention in 04 where he spoke so elqoquently about how there are not two America’s? There are now. And BHO is directly involved in making sure its created. America of the rich and America of the poor.
But yall keep watching TV 6 to 8 hours a day.
“His study found that people who earn less than $20,000 a year, for instance, spent more than a third of their time in passive leisure, like kicking back and watching TV. ”
http://blogs.wsj.com/wealth/2010/09/30/do-the-rich-work-harder-than-others/
Girl
October 1st, 2010
12:25 pm
Oh, and the bill for Dish is paid a month in advance. So haven’t we paid for this channel in advance?
blah blah blah
October 1st, 2010
12:29 pm
Just watched the commercial by Fox network. They say that we will soon lose local Fox programming November 1st….Including the NFL on Sundays and the local prime time shows. (Ignore that comment about losing the World Series, unless it goes to game 7 it will be over by Halloween)
Could you imagine?
hobby
October 1st, 2010
12:34 pm
I have DTV in one cabin I own in the mountains, and Dish in another cabin.(these are vacation rentals)
1. Dish had horrible customer service–3 no shows for installation. So I put in DTV in the first cabin.
2. I installed Dish in the second because of ‘bundled’ pricing with the local phone company.
After using both, I like Dish better (more chanels that I want to watch for less $$). I was waiting until my contract ran out with DTV to switch that location to Dish also. BUT—I will rethink that unless this is resolved. I’ll change the Dish location to DTV also.
savannahdawg
October 1st, 2010
12:34 pm
Thanks FOX for your last-minute BS!!!! Last weekend of the year, Braves in the hunt, Bobby’s final weekend………..Kiss mine FOX!!!
Blow Me
October 1st, 2010
12:41 pm
Bought a digital Antenna and a Tivo box about 2 years ago and said to hell with all of them,,, dont miss it a bit.
GATA
October 1st, 2010
12:48 pm
Channel 9667 and channel 424 are certainly alternatives, HOWEVER they are not broadcasting in HD. And if you think channel 444 (HDALT) is an option for HD you may be disappointed. I spoke directly to DISH and they told me I would get channel 444 in HD, but they had no idea what game would be on that channel at 7:00 PM Saturday night.
fight the good fight dish
October 1st, 2010
12:50 pm
I say good riddance to FX, although i enjoy the programming its not like I wont watch Tv anymore. I’ll just find something else to watch. People, dont switch, dont complain, just go at it as business as usual. Switching and complaining will only fuel FOX’s case “see look how many complaints we’ve gotten, your’e customers have clearly spoken.” If it goes, it goes………..its not the end of the world.
Carlton and Carlos W.
October 1st, 2010
12:51 pm
My wife and I just signed a contract not two weeks ago in which I had fox south west at a total cost of about a $100.00 a month. We are retired and on fixed income. I would say that dish has broke the contract not me. If the contracts are not any better than that might as well take to bathroom where they will be used. My dad is 82 yr young and watches Texas Rangers every time they are on. Dad is home bound so there is a lot of dissapointment for him right now.I will probably stay with Dish but I am and my Dad are not past changing.
The Sham
October 1st, 2010
12:54 pm
For those of you thinking about swapping to DirecTV – holler at my email and I’ll share my account #. We both can get $100 that way!!
Seriously, you’ve seen the commercials. When I swapped to them (and LOVE it!), I had my g’mas # and they discounted my first 10 bills $10 a piece… sweet!
cgros127@gmail.com
the real Old Gold
October 1st, 2010
1:08 pm
Direct Tv kicks the cr@p out of Dish…
Ryan
October 1st, 2010
1:12 pm
Don’t blame DISH for the crooks at Fox wanting to charge more for their programming. In my eyes it’s their fault and they should get an old-fashioned A$$ kickin’ for it!
joemoedee
October 1st, 2010
1:17 pm
I’ve had Dish for the past few years, and really have enjoyed the service. What I don’t understand is they get into these p*ssing matches with networks (eg, MLB Network, Fox, ABC/ESPN) and the only ones that suffer are the customer.
I’ve seen my bill increase, and channels decrease. They claim to have these fights so they don’t have to increase the monthly charges, yet they still increase them.
The similar setup/channel lineup to what I have costs the same with DirectTV and Comcast, yet they offer those channels that I lose with Dish.
Comcast’s service was dreadful in my neighborhood when I first moved in, even though the neighborhood was a new install. (Constant drops, blockiness, etc) I may have to revist them, or go DirectTV. (Sadly, ATT U-Verse isn’t in my area yet, or else I would have already switched)
Yonizzle
October 1st, 2010
1:22 pm
Had Dish and comcast. Dish price was nice but like everyone said it goes out if the wind blows hard or really cloudy outside. But the f$$kers you got to watch for is comcast. They will over charge you when they get a chance. After promotion was over my rate went up to $293 for one month. Are you kidding me for cable ( hbo, Showtime and fox soccer channel) and they didn’t notify me at all on my bill or anything the just hit me with the $300 bill. Comcast is about getting new customers and treating the old ones like sh@t. I’m getting DirectTV Monday and hopefully it’s better than dish and comcast
Gary Miller
October 1st, 2010
1:24 pm
Great News
DISH Loses Fox, MSG Programming
According to DISH, Fox has requested a rate increase of “more then 50 percent” and have refused their request to keep the stations on during negotiations.
Well from the consumer prospective I say GREAT for DISH – they should never need to pay more then a 1 or 2 percent increase (if that much) for any programming during a renewal. Granted I will miss my National Geographic, but I will survive, as for the sports programming “there is only so much sports I can watch and losing the FOX channels will not affect me in the least – hopefully I will also lose FOX News (What a joke).”
For those companies that own the programs, you need to understand many consumers are getting greatly unhappy with the constant increases in prices for getting their entertainment. Most of which can be attributed to you. Program owners need to remember the Golden Rule “You need the consumer”, otherwise when you sell advertising for your programs you are not going to be able to charge very much with no one watching. I assume the loss of income would also not make your shareholders happy.
Consumers need to remember, without us “the consumers” program owners have nothing. As it is we are paying for a show that has already been paid for with advertising dollars, giving the program owner additional income. That is fine within reason, but the owners need to be looking at increasing the advertising dollars – which will of course increase with the increase in the number of people who watch the show, therefore they should be ATTEMPTING to keep costs to the consumer as low as possible to gain more viewers and drive up advertising pricing.
On a related note:
Advertisers are your rates going down since millions of views can no longer view your advertising? You need to step in and make sure you are not overpaying for viewers that can no longer view your advertising. Are you getting a refund from FOX for your advertising? I doubt it.
Again Great move on DISH’S part, however will this also lower my monthly payment to DISH? I doubt it; however DISH as an entertainment operator needs to remember to take care of its customers on both sides of these issues when they occur.
Renewals like this need to become MUCH MORE PUBLIC as it is the consumer that ultimately suffers regardless of the outcome. As a consumer I want to know what FOX is getting for “allowing its programs to be viewed by me”!
Gary Miller
Sambo
October 1st, 2010
1:28 pm
One more time for the Yankees, College football is king,always will be king in the south. NFL does not compare.so Dish Network is superior to DIRECTV.AT&T u-VERSE is the only provider with better HD than DISH.
Sambo
October 1st, 2010
1:30 pm
Gary Miller,you must be a peter-puffing girly man. geeze
1911A1
October 1st, 2010
2:15 pm
You people trolling for DirecTV referrals are pathetic. Go away.
joemoedee
October 1st, 2010
2:16 pm
@Charlie, er I mean, “Gary Miller”: If it’s a great move by DISH, I’d expect their service to be much less expensive then its competition that offers those channels. Oh wait, it isn’t.
They want to sit on their lofty profit margin and punish the customer all in the name of their bottom line.
bulldog bubba
October 1st, 2010
2:37 pm
TO THOSE SINGING THE PRAISES OF ATT UVERSE,THEY ALSO WILL DROP CHANNELS. THEY ARE IN A DISPUTE WITH A CHANNEL RIGHT NOW AND WILL NOT BUDGE.ALSO WE DO NOT GET MLB CHANNEL.THESE CARRIERS ONLY CARE ABOUT MORE PROFIT AND CLAIM THEY ARE PROTECTING THE CONSUMER.SINCE WE HAVE LOST THE CHANNELS THERE HAS BEEN NO MENTION OF LOWERING OUR MONTHLY COST!AS USUAL ITS A WIN FOR THE COMPANY AND A LOSS FOR US!!!
Jennifer
October 1st, 2010
3:00 pm
I think maybe we should all just calm down. Its only tv. They will get the channels back. Didnt Direct Tv just get back Versus after pulling it for over TWO MONTHS.Let the Big Wigs figure it out.
Wingnut
October 1st, 2010
3:14 pm
Dish opened up “20″ channels but all my local games are blocked from those channels. I am VERY angry and have already done my research and if not fixed over the weekend I am switching to one of my 3 choices. This is all over whom is going to make the BIG profit and it plainly stinks. This I am afraid will be only a progression of problems as TV signals continue to be “pay only”
Wingnut
October 1st, 2010
3:17 pm
BTW they say it’s FOX but some of the channels they opened up for us are other FOX channels…something is wrong here!!!
christine
October 1st, 2010
4:18 pm
to lose fx is a shame. they make you sign a contract but dont want to honor it. if you have a contract you should have the choose to stay with them or ler you out of your contract. if not i can spell class action. anyone else can spell it also
Hurst
October 1st, 2010
4:35 pm
really want to keep fox, they shouldn’t be that way. A lot of people really going to be upset.
T
October 1st, 2010
4:42 pm
Hey did you know that Fox owns 37 percent of DirectTV. Things that make you go hmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
I wont’ switch to Direct TV – they suck in Texas.
Mike
October 1st, 2010
5:01 pm
I DUMPED DISH AND DIRECT TV. WHAT DID I DO. I BOUGHT A 125 MILE Radius HDTV Antenna from Ebay for 50.00 bucks. Stuck it on a 7 foot pole and pointed it towards atlanta. Ran a 75 foot cable, and buried it in the ground and put a splitter in to all tv cable outlets. Now I get 48 FREE HDTV channels FREE in every bedroom.
Mike
October 1st, 2010
5:03 pm
I had Direct and thought they had terrible customer service not to mention their prices are way too high.
Mike
October 1st, 2010
5:04 pm
by the way they are selling those free channels to you for 24.00 dollars a month
Bhahahahaha
October 1st, 2010
5:09 pm
Fox (NewsCorp) used to own DirecTV. It was sold to Liberty Media about 2-3 years ago.
Braves Fan who is outa town on Sat
October 1st, 2010
5:18 pm
Go Braves !!!!!!!!… but without us being able to record the tribute to Bobby since Dish and FOX are fighting. I understand the game Sat will be on local TV, but have not heard if the pre-game tribute will be broadcast anywhere besides FSS…. Hope ‘big-brother’ and Dish …….. never mind it is all about the $$$$$
Roswell Jeff
October 1st, 2010
5:44 pm
I have DISH and still have FX, but not FOX Sports Net or FOX SportsSouth, what gives? I thought all would be pulled. Some of the channles they opened up are FOX Sports from different parts of the country. I don’t get it!
nelson
October 1st, 2010
6:24 pm
Incredible , the television was to be free ,man everything destroys , we are now prisoners that nothing can see, i am customer of DIRECTV in truth sport are the #1 , but also the prices have either high , is a brazen pay 300 $$ by NFL ,or $200 by MLB. but in truth are much better than dish network ! Thanks Directv.
K
October 1st, 2010
7:19 pm
This wouldn’t be a problem if TBS had kept the Braves games.
Johnson Noise
October 1st, 2010
7:43 pm
Cheap Charlie strikes again.
Michael McQuire
October 1st, 2010
7:51 pm
Once again we, the viewers, are getting screwed! DISH sold me on a “cheap service”, for a yr.,
upon reading the contract, it stated that if you cancel within 2 YEARS, there is a HEFTY fee.
When I called, was told the fee can “sometimes” be over-ruled. HAH!!! DirecTV isn’t much better. YES, to A LA CARTE ordering! We shouldn’t be charged for the 40 or 50 channels
we NEVER watch. Don’t they remember whose tax dollars financed the Space Program in the first place???
Geno
October 1st, 2010
7:56 pm
Screw Fox and Dish…I’m gonna write em both and remind them where their $$$ comes from…It is so childish for both of them to act like whining kids! Unbelievable that they pick the final games in the wild card chase to take action…I wish they’d both go bankrupt! Go Braves and Braves Radio!
braves fan
October 1st, 2010
8:20 pm
Just tried to get the Braves game!!!!!!!!!! cannot get it!!!! Can’t believe that this is happening on Cox’s last three games. Talk about losing customers! Dish will lose plenty.
eileen
October 1st, 2010
8:39 pm
i m sorry to say that i too am going to change with a lot of others if this is not resolved by tomorrow you people are going to loose out no matter what.
James
October 1st, 2010
8:50 pm
Well, just to add more confusion to this clusterf@ck:
I CAN see FX and National Geographic, but not Fox Sports South or SportsSouth.
I CANNOT see any of these “consolation channels” that are supposed to make up for missing the last three games of the MLB season: New England Sports Network, Altitude Sports, Big Ten Network, Comcast SportsNet California, Comcast SportsNet Chicago, Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, Comcast Sports Network Mid-Atlantic, Comcast Sports New England, FOX Sports Northwest, FOX Sports Pittsburgh, FOX Sports Rocky Mountain, Mid-Atlantic Sports Network, Mid-Atlantic Sports Network2, SportsNet New York, or SportsTime Ohio.
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MyPatooti
October 1st, 2010
9:05 pm
Why would anybody even be with DISH in the first place? Been with DirecTV for 5 years and love it. Should have done it sooner. Never had any problems with DTV like this. Customer service is even easy to get. Got exactly what I want. They even just gave me a bonus for being with them for 5 yrs.
Geno
October 1st, 2010
9:10 pm
Just filed an online complaint against Dish Network with the Better Business Bureau…As for what I wanted to settle the complaint, to get out of my Dish contract without penalty. Light them up and let’s make them miserable.
Andy D
October 1st, 2010
10:24 pm
We went through the same thing here in detroit. They got rid of the NFL Network and never even got the MLB Network. The day NFL Channel was gone i got Direct Tv -Sunday Ticket Promo. Incredible deal and great equipment. Just be patient with the idiot customer service reps they just read off a screen and are not real bright. Other than that ill never switch.
Lisa N
October 1st, 2010
10:48 pm
Really, is it all about money or power. I don’t for one minute believe that the execs care about the paying customer. The Atlantas folks just want to see the Braves finish the season. It’s been 6 months of fighting, so what was three more days. Lets just all disconnect and see what happens to the networks, what a dream……..
What about the rates going down until they decide what to do. Not ever going to happen……
Frustrated Atlanta Braves fan………….
Whatever
October 1st, 2010
10:49 pm
@My Patooti: Had Directv and I thought their customer service was awful. Never gave me any bonus and I had been with them 10+ years. All they seemed to care about was getting new customers to me.
Johnl152
October 1st, 2010
10:52 pm
How about ala carte choices. Pick what you want. I do not want 12+ channels of shopping and/or religious channels. These channels are forced on me, whether I want them or not (both by cable and satellite). I would like to be able to choose what content I receive. I have Dish Network and block all shopping and religious channels on my remote. I am not anti-religious, but I prefer to GO TO church rather than watch it on TV. This is just my choice. Regarding the current problem between Fox and Dish Network, they are both dissing Bobby Cox. This is his last season and the Braves are on a run to the playoffs. The fans in the Atlanta area are not happy with either Dish Network or News Corp (Fox) for not showing the games of 10/1/2010 and/or 10/3/2010. There will probably be repercussions for both of these companies.
TeenyTiny
October 1st, 2010
10:56 pm
What is going on????? Do I hear: breach of contract???? Do we have a lawyer in the house??? Sign me up for a class action law suit against DISH NET……….What 50% increase????? does this mean what we pay for sports package alone……this would only be $3.50 for me! Apparently these companies don’t respect us “the consumers”…..we do have choices….right?
Johnl152
October 1st, 2010
11:30 pm
Had to listen to the Braves game on radio in the ATL metro area. Seemed like the old days when I listened to the Pirates on KDKA radio in the Pittsburgh area years ago. Not so bad , except the Braves lost 11 to 5. Hope the idiots at Fox and Dish come to terms.
Arrogance
October 2nd, 2010
12:21 am
Dish reps will cancel you in a heartbeat. It’s not their fault and there isn’t anything you can do by calling and whining. If you dont want it to go away, and you don’t want to pay more, call Fox. Every other provider is up for negotiation or contract renewal in the next 6 months and you can bet they’ll drop Fox in a heartbeat too. Go ahead and sign an agreement with them, and then be stuck in it without anything.
Also, if I hear breach of contract one more time someone’s getting hurt. You sign a contract in a providers favor, and agree that you’ll commit to service even when “pricing and programming are subject to change,” and then you whine when it actually changes!
Read a book.
Jim
October 2nd, 2010
8:48 am
Well at least you right wingers out there won’t miss your idiot host Glen Beck or Limbough so you can keep on being biggotts
ricky edwards
October 2nd, 2010
8:49 am
i will change networks before i go without SOA
Tj
October 2nd, 2010
9:59 am
I hear Time Warner Cable is a good group to be with. I’m switching right away. infact have my install already set up.
Joe Mc
October 2nd, 2010
10:32 am
Ok, lets sit back for a second and look at this problem. Fox wants a 50% increase in fees, Dish says that’s to much and we don’t want to pass this on to our customers. Strike 1 Fox. Dish is working to provide other channels so we can still watch the shows we enjoy, Fox just pulls the plug and don’t care about us. Strike 2 Fox. Fox puts up website bashing Dish, promoting other providers. But still leaves us in the dark. Dish says leave the programming on and offered Fox a double digit increase. Not good enough for greedy Fox. they just turned us off. Strike 3 Fox. I just want to thank Fox Sports for showing their real colors and how much they care about the customer.
Michael Jenness
October 2nd, 2010
11:22 am
I am dropping you after more than a decade, service stinks, rates went way up and this is it
I am dropping you on 10-13-10
Rusty
October 2nd, 2010
12:36 pm
GATA,
did you not look at the channel guide on channel 444? It is showing UGA/Colorado on the guide…. in HD………..
Gametime 2010 – Georgia at Colorado
October 2nd, 2010
1:39 pm
[...] AJC has reported that the game will be shown on channel 9667, which is Comcast Rocky [...]
krundle
October 2nd, 2010
2:26 pm
The reason we have Dish is so we can watch Cardinal Baseball. I guess if pushed we can find another carrier.
Unhappy Disher
October 2nd, 2010
4:22 pm
It is amazing that the “negotiations” were not completed before football season. You have to wonder if Dish intentionally stalled the process so that customers would put pressure on FOX. I want FOX Sports South and Nat. Geo back in my lineup. Dish should take their commercials promissing good customer service off the air.
Patti
October 2nd, 2010
5:16 pm
This is crap! it always is about money while we the viewers get screwed. I am going to miss my Sons of Anarchy and other people will be missing their favorite shows or ball games but of course Dish doesnt care.
Shelby
October 2nd, 2010
5:47 pm
Is the Texas Tech vs ISU game going to be broadcasted on another channel now? This is crap!
Shelby
October 2nd, 2010
5:49 pm
Seriously second tie this season i will miss TTU game because I have dish! Swtiching to Directtv as soon as I get a chance
Finns
October 2nd, 2010
6:15 pm
I was just wondering about this statement put out by fox “As of November 1, Dish’s position could also keep you from watching FOX’s coverage of key final match ups from the NFL regular season and the NFL Playoffs, MLB World Series, Glee, The Simpsons, Family Guy, House and other exciting FOX programming, including several new series and season premieres”. Really fox? these are local over the air channels that anyone can get they are also protected by the government and not any satellite or cable company has any control over them. This is just another tactic that fox is using to try and strong arm Dish Network into paying outrageous fees which in turn get passed on to the consumer. As a consumer I applaud Dish for sticking up for my wallet and not charging me more for a few channels.
Finns
October 2nd, 2010
6:17 pm
Oh and just a side note for all you baseball fans out there once playoffs start those are viewed on TBS which is not owned by fox.
ga fan not dish
October 2nd, 2010
7:11 pm
Anyone finding the GA game on dish network
Concrete Pete
October 2nd, 2010
7:13 pm
Awesome. Villanova vs Wm & Mary. I thought Friday nights were for high school games
Rusty
October 2nd, 2010
7:18 pm
ga fan not dish
Nope… just listen on the radio… I just got off the phone with DN…. we got screwed.
ga fan not dish
October 2nd, 2010
7:22 pm
Thanks Rusty saves me a call until Monday when I dump DISH
Didactic Rogue
October 2nd, 2010
7:22 pm
Just got off the phone with Dish … the “work around” mentioned in the article will not work, as we are blocked from watching the game on FOX Rocky Mountain because we’re supposed to be watching it on FOX South (which has been pulled). I told the guy I was moving to the Rocky Mountain coverage area for the next four hours, but he wasn’t buying it. Damn … just … damn.
richham
October 2nd, 2010
7:26 pm
Dish has blacked it out after saying it would be available. Beautiful. Maybe they will actually win one since I can’t watch the game for a change.
Rob C
October 2nd, 2010
8:23 pm
This is so stupid..there are so many good shows and movies on FX..Dish Network you guys suck…Charter here I come.
Rabbit
October 2nd, 2010
9:30 pm
One more nail in Dish’s Coffin, again management sucks, another company that does not run
based on customer’s needs, but its own agenda. Thanks Dish for your continual ripping of
whom keeps you in business. I think we should all bit the bullet and return to our local
broadcasting networks and screw all satellite and cable companies.
We the People will get all of Our Rights back, screw Rip Off Corporations.
I feel better for now, …………………….
Gene
October 2nd, 2010
9:43 pm
Thanks Dish for sticking up for your customers. We may have to do without FOX programming, but keeping the price affordable is what we expect. Normally we as viewers don’t know anything about this until the price increase is added to our bills. I think it’s ridiculus in this ecocnomy for FOX to expect that type of increase.
tree
October 2nd, 2010
10:45 pm
so I paid for nhl games and I can’t even watch them, I also do not like the idea of not being able to watch sons of anarchy
Garth
October 2nd, 2010
10:50 pm
DirecTV is the BEST provider over ALL by far! Dish Doesnt come even close to competing. It just shows by this whole ordeal.
LuckyGP0125
October 2nd, 2010
10:54 pm
Its funny too because i heard a rumor that Dish is going to lose The Weather Channel because they owe the channel money. Wont that be fun for all their “satisfied customers”. Boy do i love DirecTV. I just sit back and laugh.
acevintage
October 2nd, 2010
11:06 pm
I pay $130/mo for DISH and this is not the first time we’ve lost channels. The last time, it was the local network block and it was gone for months. No price adjustments from DISH. While I love having satellite, I could easily drop pay t.v. and go back to my antenna, and watch on demand episodes on my computer from the networks. But they’ll probably be the next ones to start charging an arm and a leg. It’s all about greed and the bottom line. And we are stupid enough to pay for it, like bottled water.
Mark Hopkins
October 3rd, 2010
12:12 am
What will take to get them to pull their stupid Fox News Network! This is Rupert Murdoch trying to extort more money from Dish and its customers. I submitted this comment on the Fox site and, of course, it wasn’t posted.
Amanda
October 3rd, 2010
12:40 am
I can not go without Sunny…not afraid to go Direct!
barbara caldera
October 3rd, 2010
1:06 am
I just got dish a month ago for these progams and if u remove they better let me out of my contract for the remaining time cuz this wasnt part of my agreements i was specific about certain progams and they assured me they will remain on dish what a f#%^rip off if they make me stay
2hellwithfox
October 3rd, 2010
12:10 pm
i say to hell with em nothing but a bunch garbage anyways
Mark
October 3rd, 2010
12:57 pm
This is ALLLLLL Fox’s fault. Dish has had me as a customer for 4 years, and I appreciate them sticking to their scruples and NOT wanting to pass the rate hike on to its customers. I love The League and Sunny, but News Corp can go pound sand for all I care – If you don’t see through this idiocy to the root cause look a little deeper. Don’t let some stupid site like “Iwantwhatipaidfor.com” dupe you into believing this is Echostar’s fault.
Fox, another reason I loathe you! Grrr……
Vinny
October 3rd, 2010
1:10 pm
What a joke they want a 50% increase for doing what.
I hope dish never gives in.
Jonathan
October 3rd, 2010
1:21 pm
Anyone who wants to switch to Direct TV can get $10 off a month for the first 10 months by using my account number when they sign up. E-mail me at Jonathan.beckler@gmail.com
ern
October 3rd, 2010
2:12 pm
Everyone find a friend with DTV, sign up and he/she gets $100, you find more disgruntled dish friends, sign them up, everyone who worked gets 100bucks! Their rules, make that money! Sorry Dish, Second place is the first loser; nice guys finish last!
Pat Hayes
October 3rd, 2010
2:46 pm
You can download Sons of Anarchy from Amazon.com for $1.99 while you are making arrangements to cancel Dish.
Ken
October 3rd, 2010
3:41 pm
I will NOT do without FX and watching the Sons of Anarchy. I will definitely switch to Direct T.V. Goodbye Dish, put out the money and suck it up. Pay your Executives a lot less and you won’t have to try and pass it on to us, the customer.
Just to let everyone know, I heard that someone stating that if you decide to leave Dish, and they try to make you pay a cancellation charge or some other B.S Charge, you can just tell them they broke a contract with you, and you will not pay and will fight it, because when you signed up, Dish offered you those same channels they now are not providing. Hope that is helpful.
Pearl
October 3rd, 2010
5:00 pm
Kudos to Dish Network!!! Their standing up for there customers,to keep their prices down.I’ve worked in the satellite business for twenty years and they are the only thats ever cared squat about what they charge there customers or customer service in general.The same thing happened about six or so years ago with ViaComm and DishNetwork.Dish turned all there channels off and end the end three or four weeks later the disput was settled and the customers won!End the end Dish lost 10,000 subscriber and life went on.Oh by the way “I’m currantly working for the other side”
James
October 3rd, 2010
5:32 pm
They want to keep prices down? OK… start by dropping all those worthless shopping channels. Seriously, does anyone really need 12+ shopping channels? And on the “budget tier” no less.
Joe
October 3rd, 2010
5:34 pm
Dont be a crybaby—all you have to do to watch your beloved sports —is simple—have a computer—have a 3 mgb dl speed—then DL Stream Torrent—install it—–then google “my p2p forums”
go there—-(you dont have to register)—scroll down find your sports event—click on it—select stream torrent player—launch it—-be patient your video will load—-im running xp—-follow the rules for windos 7 and vista—but xp works out the gate
Joe
October 3rd, 2010
5:38 pm
And another thing you people do not realize is this—-SURPRISE —-DISH and DIRECT are ONE in the SAME companies just different business models—so all you who threaten to switch—-your money is going into the same coffer—-lol—betcha did not know that!!!!!!
Aaron
October 3rd, 2010
5:42 pm
Bahah, have fun with DirecTV. They are the most dishonest company I have ever worked with billing wise. You’ll find things on your statement that will take you weeks to hammer out. See you back at Dish in a year.
Joe
October 3rd, 2010
5:43 pm
Dont Doubt ME
1911A1
October 3rd, 2010
5:49 pm
It was frustrating being unable to watch the Dogs lose (although I really enjoyed watching Florida get whupped by Bama. It is absolutely inexcusable to get hosed out of being able to watch the Braves’ final series. I’m done with pay TV. Rooftop antenna and Netflix, here I come.
ragdman
October 3rd, 2010
5:59 pm
The problem with Direct is I can’t get local channels.
joanne richards
October 3rd, 2010
6:54 pm
i have to see Sons of Anarchy…. will do whatever i have to
A.X. Perez
October 3rd, 2010
6:57 pm
so how much per customer is Fox asking per channel? How much will Dish have to raise price per customer to cover? Don’t say x percent, quote dollars and cents please. In fact, what if both sides have to post amount in question on their websites, tv ads and print media?
right now both sides are asking us to take sides without adequate info.
ern
October 3rd, 2010
7:03 pm
DTV fan here, if you have the ends, splitting the bill etc.- DTV beats dish, I find dish has lots of repeats in chnnls and plenty of filler shpping chnnls- the money dish customers save hopefully is lining the pockets of these shopping channels. @ computer guy, Joe w/recording software. Record a live game t o view later? OMG! Lol save your software bucks and invest in the real thing AND on top of that, use your software… Wow! and Joe- if what you are stating is true, all the more reason to switch, right? If one company is ripping off the other of the same conglomerate, would it not be true to deal with the one that actually delivers? While the other loses customers and dollars? You postulate riddles, makes no sense now.
Angela
October 3rd, 2010
9:13 pm
I will have no issue switching companys to watch FX. I watch SOA and it is my favorite. So someone needs to pull their heads togeather or I am sure Dish will lose many.
Mr. Green Mountain State
October 3rd, 2010
9:26 pm
I’ve been watch’n FX for 10yrs+ now & once I found out that DISH Network has drop’d the FX channel, I was shock’d. I guess I have to go to a friends house to watch Sons of Anarchy
Ryan
October 3rd, 2010
10:54 pm
does no one get that fox is just being a big bully trying to fill their pockets even more then they already. there press release made them sound liake they were the best network on tv. screw that i can live with out em if necessary to show that they cant just keep taking money from people because they think they can. screw em….and im guessing that fox will pull my post cause they dont want any real criticism on their site. and the fact that Fox has done this to every provider including direct tv, timwarner etc
Ryan
October 3rd, 2010
11:05 pm
sorry same post i posted on fox’s website so just ignore the fox wont post my post thing
Ashley
October 3rd, 2010
11:48 pm
I wish I didn’t live in the middle of nowhere so I could get cable if dish doesn’t do something I may be switching to directv! It’s sad though cause I’ve been with dish for about 10 years now!!!!!!
Mike
October 4th, 2010
12:22 am
well dish can kiss another customer good bye,dish is a service provider [ in this case that service is entertainment and I am no longer entertained ] so I will have comcast tomorrow and dish can sue me for the early termination fee.
gawxnative
October 4th, 2010
11:38 am
Folks, If you look it up Direct TV is part/majority owned by News Corp (Fox) and Liberty Media (who also owns the Braves….This is all part of the rate dispute for selected Fox Channels with the other Channels due up in the next few months….Part of the problem with “broadcasters” also owning the “delivery” services (SAT, Cable etc).
Brian
October 4th, 2010
11:44 am
Right On Ken, charge extra for the mexican channels to cover any increase Fox Corps. wants to charge! And it’s not Dish Networks fault about this whole thing….it’s Fox Corps. that wants to increase the cost of their network by 50% and although it’s probably only going to reflect a $1 increase in our Dish Network bill, I am happy they are fighting Fox on the increase! Hey, it’s FOX that is taking our FX, Sports Channels, NatGeo off while they are negotiating, not Dish Network. If FOX was decent in any way, they’d leave all the channels on while negotiations are in progress.
And to ” bornloser”…boy, that name fits you perfectly…..Not everyone can get cable you frickin’ idiot…that’s why we get satellite service.
Manchu
October 4th, 2010
12:18 pm
I switched this past saturday, the day after the change. Not only am I losing Fox Sports West which gives me free MMA on a weekly basis, I lost FX which was MAIN reason for the switch. As a DIE HARD Sons of Anarchy fan, and Its Always Sunny fan, this was UNACCEPTABLE. Plus NatGeo, no more Dog Whisperer or educational shows for my son. Sorry DISH, i know they were just trying to help us save a little, but Direct TV deal i just got will save me $50 a month, plus add more channels!
Fred
October 4th, 2010
12:58 pm
Screw sports.. No Sons of Anarchy….That sucks!!
Back to Cable we go… I loved paying 60 dollars less a month…
Bridget
October 4th, 2010
1:00 pm
This is totally unfair to the Dishnetwork customers! We are stuck in contracts with them that cost hundreds of dollars to get out of but the biggest thing I see is that when I entered into my constract I was given a channel line up that included these channels. Now I think they should have to let us out of the contract without fees so I can go back to Direct TV! I know, I know…dream on and write the check! It’s just not fair at all! So much for Sons this year.
fight the good fight dish
October 4th, 2010
4:54 pm
all of you “I cant go without this or that” get a life……so what FX, Nat Geo or Sports South wont be on for a while, there are plenty of other good programming options to watch until this is settled. Fox is depending on you suckers to raise a fuss to give them more ammo to fight Dish with.
HIGH ON THE HOG
October 4th, 2010
6:19 pm
Well, for customers like us, where we live, (Kentucky) it’s either Dish or Direct. The cable here is run out of someones garage. We love Justified, so I hope I will be able to watch the new season online. We currently have Dish in our house & Direct in my husbands mancave, I want to go to Direct in January anyway for their whole home dvr.
Hajzaki
October 4th, 2010
7:34 pm
I also applaud Dish for not agreeing to a rate increase of “more than 50%”. Fox can take all their channels and go home.
Jim
October 4th, 2010
9:30 pm
put back on THE SONS OF ANARCHY you dumb M.F’s
Verm
October 4th, 2010
10:09 pm
This is one of the reasons why I’m going to just go the way of the pirate and download/hack everything. Done with cable, done with dish, done with directtv.
Netflix, Hulu and the hundreds of streaming sites and torrents/newsgroups along with google TV have made me realize I’m wasting money just so companies can play games to get more out of us all.
Dish will end up giving the “we tried, blah blah blah but we will have to raise our rates to get the content our customers want, blah blah blah” speech hoping people don’t realize fox owns part of Dish.
mad
October 4th, 2010
10:31 pm
The Dish Network shouldn’t make this an inconvenience for the customer! We pay for these channels and there should have been a notice in my latest bill about these changes so I could have been forewarned. I will not go without NATGEO because someone has an issue with price. I understand why but we, the customer, should have a choice if we want to pay extra or not. Now I will have to cancel Dish Network and go to another service provider and I will not pay a cancellation fee or start up fee since DirectTV offers to let you out of your current contract.
KeIko
October 4th, 2010
11:58 pm
This stucks big time but i hope that both sides can work this out and get those channels that was blocked back on air soon.
Brenda
October 5th, 2010
12:14 am
I am very pissed off because I cannot watch my fav anymore wich is Sons. What the ##### have had their services for years and now they want to pull the plug on my fav. Guess they can kiss my ################ because I will find some other provider hope I dont miss any episodes. What a crock of you know what!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
c caudillo
October 5th, 2010
7:57 am
dish sucks and I will switch to another carrier when my contract is up. This should be illegal. Where are the lawyers that should be sticking up for the common people. Bad enough your equipmentsucks. So pissed in Minooka Il.
m lewis
October 5th, 2010
8:05 am
Fox is in contract talks with Time Warner Cable right now. TWC will lose all Encore, Starz, and other channel owned by Fox. They are jerking alot of consumers around, it does not matter who your provider is they will sooner or later end up in contract talks with them. You need to contact Fox and flood them with calls and emails and let them know that they can not keep bullying people into paying what they want.
Amanda
October 5th, 2010
11:38 am
This is bulls*^t now we can’t watch son’s of anarchy or the league. As soon as my boyfriend gets home from work today we are cxling this crap and going to direct tv!!!!!!!!!! YOU CAN’T JUST CUT PEOPLE OF IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR FAVORITE SHOWS!!!!!
rice
October 5th, 2010
12:08 pm
That is so not cool to take a channel away that some people count on to watch a show every week! Does Direct tv have FX cause i have been with dish for along time and now they do that. They dont care about their business
SAM
October 5th, 2010
1:48 pm
We found out when we tuned in for the Ranger game Friday nite. NO pre-warning, no offer to pay more to get it, nothing – just the statement blaming Fox & saying Fox Southwest wasn’t available. Didn’t say we could watch on another channel, nothing ~ We’ve waited a few days & nothing. Dish says one thing & Fox says another. We just switched to DirecTV and we will NOT pay Dish’s cancellation fees. They bailed on us or we wouldn’t have changed!
Mad Mad Mad
October 5th, 2010
8:02 pm
Been waiting all summer for Sons of Anarchy………….D@#n It FOX! There is no cable service where I live!!! I’m Screwed!
golfer
October 5th, 2010
9:11 pm
Look not only do we get it from dish,,if wiill filter to all eventually. Cable, direct etc. We dont need to fight dish,, we need to stand up to the providers,,,,ever think what they get in advertising money for us to watch? If fox and others want to lose a min of 14 million viewers,, let the sponsers complain.
BigT
October 5th, 2010
9:16 pm
This is crazy !! No Sons tonight, Fox can’t be that bad off that the execs had to raise rates 50 % and for what, to make their pockets even fatter ?
erin
October 5th, 2010
9:18 pm
Sons of Anarchy great show! I dont blame Dish, I do blame FOX. Its unfortunate that even a night at home has to come at a greater price. Unless FOX cost are increasing rapidly, I think it is really just un fair to the consumer. I would hope that advertisers will consider the amount of viewers that are being lost due to this situation. Hold out dish- your not the only one with something to lose.
greg
October 5th, 2010
9:40 pm
ohhhh my no fox booohooo u people need a life n relax with da couch seriously
Jarett
October 5th, 2010
10:09 pm
This is B.S. fx and natgeo are great channels u guys should figure out what the hell your going to do because I can’t go much longer without sons of anarchy. (SAMCRO)If anyone hears anything about this in the Jersey area please let me know
JD
October 5th, 2010
10:14 pm
FOX can shove it!
Jeff
October 5th, 2010
10:18 pm
We loose FX, just like the Limited Recording. You pay extra to be able to record your favorite programs, then, they throw in limited recording on Paid Preview. If you are a dish customer and pay monthly for recording then when you pay for movie on Paid Preview, shouldnt you be able to keep it recorded. You paid for FX and now its gone. And the prices keep going up. Well is it time to change.
Mark Lostracco
October 5th, 2010
10:22 pm
We will be looking into switching from Dish if that is what it takes to get our favorites back! This is not what we pay for or what we signed up with Dish for!!!
Glenn Leckron
October 5th, 2010
10:35 pm
Done pissed me off now cant watch my Sons of Anarchy? What the hell been with dish for 15 plus years think il go back to Direct TV they got what i want!!!
faith reid
October 5th, 2010
10:45 pm
sooooo what a crock got like 50 statoins i dont understand cuz i speak english this channel was part of the agreement i signed up for i pay 4 every month on time without fail and this is not the only channel what about verses im supposed to get that one too and my bill just went up 12 00 !!!!!!?????? ready to break out th vhs and say **** u
faith reid
October 5th, 2010
10:46 pm
yup glen you got it no sons we will go to direct tv too
ajay
October 5th, 2010
10:58 pm
Enter your comments here
philip
October 5th, 2010
11:40 pm
Well it is aperant that most of you did not do you homework dish will make 11 billion in profits this year alone huh wander who’s pocet that goes into get mad at fox if you want they want abou 3 dollers per subscriber for the channels and we already pay that well it sounds to me like dish is tring to maximize there profits there is no need for it to come from our pockets take it away from what we already pay this is stupid give back the channels or direct will be in my house by the end of the week wonder how many others will switch well there goes the idea of no increease if you lose customers then you have to make the money up somewhere else oh well shaft the costomer dish and keep telling your lies f@** you
Mary
October 6th, 2010
12:28 am
I just got Dish so I am stuck for 2 years and the one show I love on FX is Sons of Anarchy and I cant even see it. Tried to watch it on the computer and couldnt find the full episode. WTF this Sucks. I am sorry I switched to Dish guess I should have stayed with time warner.
angie barrales
October 6th, 2010
12:40 am
wow, this sucks!!! There goes my Sons of Anarchy
Hawaiian Wahine
October 6th, 2010
6:26 am
What the F^]*!!!!!! I can’t believe this CRAP!!! We’re just getting towards the middle of the season for Sons of Anarchy and dumb ass FOX wants to be GREEDY!!!! This sucks!!! Well it goes to say that I don’t know what the HELL I’m gonna do! At one point I just want the dang thing to come up and I don’t care what the cost is, but the other is that WTF?!?!??!?! Don’t Fox & all them other stations generate MILLIONS or BILLIONS of dollars? Now they gotta take more money from people even through a recession?!?!?!??! WTF is this world coming to!!!!
Jim
October 6th, 2010
10:50 am
Enter your comments here
Jim
October 6th, 2010
11:07 am
Well I just read the Fox side of the story and they said it is Dish Network who is the greedy party. I suppose you can say both sides are at fault. Fox says Dish is charging for local programming and that their profits [dish] for 2009 was over 2 Billion dollars and they are 25% over that figure so far this year. Although I am not fond of Fox’s political views I do think both sides is to blame. I know dish raised their rates for no other reason than greed and i think fox has a right to want some of that profit. You notice that there is no problem YET with the other satellite companies and broadcasters
ray parrish
October 6th, 2010
12:06 pm
fx wants more money then they should work harder and offer more all they show is reruns. it is fox responsibilties to pay thier taxes not the customers. fox all they do sit on thier asses so where is the justification for the increase
Toni Sallee
October 6th, 2010
1:04 pm
I bought the package I have specifically for FX !!! Think this is a good reason to break my contract if I have to and go to direct ! And the trouble is it is right in the middle of one of my favorite series….Sons of Anarchy !! Not pleased !
maddog
October 6th, 2010
1:58 pm
I’m not surprised that Fox would pull a stunt like this. Way to make freinds! I love Son’s and was pissed it wasn’t on last night. Please get this dispute straightened out.
Bill harman
October 6th, 2010
2:02 pm
Sons was good last night..thanks to Directtv. If you read the newsletter sent out by Directtv you will see that they are only asking for a small increase. Less than $2 per customer. You idiots that have Dish should be mad that Dish charges for local channels..they are free on Directtv..I had Dish and made the switch and all of you should to and then the $2 BILLION dollar profit that Dish is going to post this year will go down a little bit.
foster opperman
October 6th, 2010
3:29 pm
if i miss one red wings game fox and dish can kiss my ass
foster opperman
October 6th, 2010
3:31 pm
what a bunch of creeps just days before hockey season starts,
guess we”ll watch i love lucy reruns
Mount Vernon
October 6th, 2010
3:38 pm
bornloser you are the moron for even posting a comment like that. Most people that have dish or direct go that route due to the fact that they do not have cable as an option. The cable tv in our area carries 35 channels of wich 20 of them are such poor quality they are unwatchable.
Tim
October 6th, 2010
5:21 pm
Recently we have have Disney HD’s removed. We have lost FX, Fox sports and Nat Geo. We pay for the largest package to make sure we’ll get certain channels and we aren’t happy when we lose them. Fox is not to blame for this. They own the network, Charlie is leasing it, a business move for all the networks. Charlie makes money on these networks that don’t belong to him, he in turn leases them to millions of us. Charlie (dish) is making billions each year in profit and he can certainly afford a small increase to keep his customers happy. Another fact, Fox is not asking for a 50% increase. DISH Network lost approximately 19000 subscribers during the quarter ended June 30, 2010 and I predict a much larger loss from this mess. Direct TV is making deals for those Dish customers with contracts. If Charlie were half as smart as he thinks he is he’d settle this quickly instead of putting his head in the sand hoping Fox will back down.
SOA
October 6th, 2010
7:21 pm
I want the sons of anarchy back NOW!!!!
SoA fan
October 6th, 2010
9:52 pm
WTF! I waited 9 months for season 3 of sons of anarchy and now this $h!t
bathguy
October 6th, 2010
10:19 pm
for those who are fan of sons of anarchy, can get them on itunes the day after it aired
Dimitris
October 7th, 2010
2:06 am
Has anyone called Dish Network and asked to cancel their 2 year contract because FX is no longer
available? It will be interesting to see if it can be done.
Luis
October 7th, 2010
4:13 am
This is BS I love Natgeo I watched it 24/7 and also FX screw this im switching to att uvers
P%^&*ed Off In Fort Sill
October 7th, 2010
11:27 am
Why is it always about making more money those GREEDY B######S!!!!!!! I need to watch SONS OF ANARCHY D%$^ IT
Klinger39
October 7th, 2010
12:33 pm
Yea I just noticed this today, no F/X and I wanted to see it’s always sunny! Fox expects people to just pick up and leave their contracts with satellite companies so they can screw us
what the $%%#@&%(~!&
October 7th, 2010
9:04 pm
f/x? where is it!!!???!!! I missed sons, get it back!! Does charter have f/x?????
what the $%%#@&%(~!&
October 7th, 2010
9:06 pm
bye bye!!
ramiro nunez
October 7th, 2010
9:28 pm
i will be changing my service provider to direct tv, this really blows fx was my favorite channel
and i have been a dishnetwork customer for over 12 years
MJF
October 7th, 2010
10:02 pm
While reading all the nergative commenst I have yet to find recommendation for a solution… I’m a big fan or Sons of Anarchy. The banner at the bottom of my tv screen suggested calllng an 800 #, but the number listed lookied like it was short a digit…….So how do we approach this to get some action???
Susan
October 7th, 2010
10:38 pm
I’m ticked off. I always watch FX and not for sports. Also, NatGeo is one of my favorite channels. I’ll be looking at cable.
FOX DOES NOT CARE
October 7th, 2010
10:45 pm
I called fox tonight. 310-369-9000. They can’t continue doing this.
Fox needs to get real
October 7th, 2010
11:00 pm
Hold your ground Dish. I’m a huge sports fan, but Fox is not near as important as they think they are! I’d rather listen to the games on the radio before I will allow Fox to extort a 50% increase out of me! Fox will not be the first company to cut off their nose to spite thier face in this economy! Thanks Dish for sticking up for your customers!
Luis
October 8th, 2010
1:31 am
well im from Cali and ive tried almost all except comcast i ride the prices they all go up and down right now i got dish and its great, picture is third place with u Verse and verizon at first but their pricing SUCKS!! and they have some technical issues to fix, the worst ones are direct tv and time warner which are the same low picture quality, im going to miss net geo though