Dish Network loses 7 Turner Broadcasting channels

KA4EBU wrote:
I bet it gets worse sooner than later. They have to be losing viewers same as cable.

And as usual, they'll gain viewers the next time one of the other carriers has a contract dispute with a content provider. "What goes around, comes around...", it's called "churn" in the industry.

I bet it gets worse sooner than later. They have to be losing viewers same as cable.

If they want to lose something, get rid of all of the home shopping network channels and the religious channels.

If I want to shop, I go to the store or get on the Internet. If I want religion, I go to church.

As far as we are concerned, the sports channels can disappear as well.

I wish they would go a la carte and let me have the channels I want to see.

Ken

When I first went with DISH they offered A La Carte of 15 channels for $15.95 per month. They were hungry then now they are fat and well fed.

Now I have 250 channels from DTV @ $107.00 per month. I watch about 15 channels. The other 235 I could live without.

sh410 wrote:

Stefonius wrote:
Someday, cable/satellite providers will operate on an "a la carte" system, and I'll be able to pick my own channel package. They'll fight it tooth and nail in Congress for as long as they can, but someday it will happen.

And it will cost more.

X2!!!

Back in the "Big dish" C-Band days there WERE "A La Carte" Options..

The problem was it cost WAY more to buy it that way, picking only ten of your favorite channels would cost you much more than say the 150 channel "package".

Pretty much the same happens when you go to McDonald's, Burger King or any other restaurant.. Buy the "meal" package (Burger, fries and drink) and basically you will pay the same price as just the burger and drink only would cost (A La Carte).

It costs the Sat/cable operator to A La Carte the options due to the way the programming contracts work. In this case Turner networks contract affects seven channels which is a drop in the bucket. There are OTHER networks which could affect 20 or more channels (many of the channels are owned by the same parent company). They ALL get their "turn" at contract negotiations and each time you can bet they are looking for more per subscriber..

I miss my C-band dish, was hard to beat $35 per month for 200 channels which included East and West feeds. Now to get the same channels I pay $100 per month :M and only get the East feeds..

Sadly only one C-band programmer is available since Motorola shut down their clearing house to non commercial subscribers (Motorola had exclusive rights to the C-Band digital scrambling system in use).. The sole existing programmer has only a few limited channels.

C-Band for COMMERCIAL USERS is STILL alive and well, that is how ALL your Dish/Direct and cable companies get the programming..

Dish/Direct and cable get feeds from C-Band and in the case of Dish/Direct they UPLINK the programming BACK UP to their own satellites after inserting their own commercials. So basically you are getting rather beat up highly compressed then decompressed then recompressed which your Dish receiver then has to decompress on your end video.. Nothing like a twice loved video..

Something else to consider, sat/cable companies "package" channels in such a way that a few of the most popular channels are in EACH package or tier. This is intentionally done so in order for you to get all the popular channels you end up having to upgrade from lower tier packages to the upper (most costly) packages.. originators of the programming networks AND Sat/cable companies COUNT on this to garner more money.

camperforlife wrote:

Thunder Mountain wrote:
The only thing I watch from Turner is CNN when something big is happening. Well, guess what? Yesterday I turned on CNN after hearing about the Canada shooting. What do I get? Lame MSNBC with Rev. Al Sharpton at the helm! I'm really honked at Dish.

X2. I always listen to CNN when I'm working. MSNBC makes me gag even worse than FOX. I just want the news without the spin. DISH needs to get it together soon before I take a hike. I have Comcast internet and it would be a painless switch.

There is no news broadcasted without spin.

JohnG3 wrote:
Won't miss anything Turner puts out.

Same here!

One thing Turner has been doing I Don't like is turning HLN, Headline News, into more of an entertainment channel. I want news and just the news. Turner may be trying to charge more for less. I saw they reduced their employee count by 10% layoffs.

Thunder Mountain wrote:
The only thing I watch from Turner is CNN when something big is happening. Well, guess what? Yesterday I turned on CNN after hearing about the Canada shooting. What do I get? Lame MSNBC with Rev. Al Sharpton at the helm! I'm really honked at Dish.

X2. I always listen to CNN when I'm working. MSNBC makes me gag even worse than FOX. I just want the news without the spin. DISH needs to get it together soon before I take a hike. I have Comcast internet and it would be a painless switch.

The only thing I watch from Turner is CNN when something big is happening. Well, guess what? Yesterday I turned on CNN after hearing about the Canada shooting. What do I get? Lame MSNBC with Rev. Al Sharpton at the helm! I'm really honked at Dish.