 newviewEx .. Ex .. ExactlyPremium
join:2001-10-01
Parsonsburg, MD
kudos:1 | I hate DISH Network ... ... and I've never even subscribed to their service, ever.
They blanketed our town with direct mail, one arriving in the mailbox every couple of days, with huge bold-letter announcements that Local TV stations were NOW available on their service ... which turned out to be an out-and-out LIE. »goo.gl/Y3JEa (DBSTalk.com)
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Despite DISH's claims to the contrary, there is NO agreement to carry WBOC, FOX 21 or WMDT (ABC) on DISH. In fact I've spent a great deal of time recently trying to thwart the misinformation.
I very much want DISH to carry our stations and was in negotiations with them to make that happen. Unfortunately DISH broke off negotiations two weeks ago and told me they would not be launching us in this market.
My hope is that DirecTV will do so in the near future.
Craig Jahelka
Vice President & General Manager
WBOC-TV / FOX 21 / Interactive
1729 North Salisbury Blvd.
Salisbury, MD 21801
410-749-1111
With absolutely NO fanfare, DirecTV did, in fact, offer Local TV stations very soon after that, at no charge.
Then, after the dust settled, which was quite some time afterwards in fact ... DISH Network third-party affiliates again blanketed our community with another direct mail LIE ... in the form of a misleading advertisement disguised as an "Installation Notice" »goo.gl/y1aTT (The Consumerist).
AFAIC ... This company are bottom-feeding, lying scumbags. |
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 TransmasterDon't Blame Me I Voted For Bill and Opus
join:2001-06-20
Cheyenne, WY
 ·CenturyLink
| And how much money did you want for rebroadcast rights. There is two sides to this story.
I have been a happy customer of Dish Network for more then 20 years. With all of the choices I have, Discovery Channels, History channels, TLC, etc, etc and looking at the crap programing offered by CBS, NBC, ABC, and FOX on the local channels, the exception being PBS, Even though I have had these local channels for years I have watch none of them in at least 20 years. and I have all of them excluded from my watch list.
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I am quite sure now that often, very often, in matters concerning religion and politics a man's reasoning powers are not above the monkey's.
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newviewEx .. Ex .. ExactlyPremium
join:2001-10-01
Parsonsburg, MD
kudos:1 | Rebroadcast rights have absolutely nothing to do with the sleazy marketing practices of Dish Network and their affiliates as illustrated in my post. It's just not relevant.
They lied and they got called on it. Period. |
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 Steve MehsGun Control Is Using A Steady HandPremium
join:2005-07-16 | reply to Transmaster
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I have been a happy customer of Dish Network for more then 20 years.
Wow, more than 20 years? That's impressive...especially considering Dish Network didn't officially launch service until March 4 1996. |
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