Dish to drop ION?

They came to an agreement. It's back!

I like WTC. I think they have good 'specials'.

2oldman wrote:

kjburns wrote:
The Weather Channel... As I recall, TWC wanted to increase their price in the new contract. DirecTV wanted to reduce it since fewer people were tuning in. I don't know if they ever settled.

They must have. It's back.

Got to say, I never missed them. Too many other programs presented.

kjburns wrote:
The Weather Channel... As I recall, TWC wanted to increase their price in the new contract. DirecTV wanted to reduce it since fewer people were tuning in. I don't know if they ever settled.

They must have. It's back.

When Cable and Sat TV (Generic Subscription TV) were first advertised they yammered about commercial free television.. Yea, right, you can see how well that worked out.

And then we got a whole bunch of subscription only channels.. (No list here).

But all of them still run commercials (For the most part a couple PPV are different)...

NOW: Here is my thinking: Since the SAT companies (And cable as well) bring the signal into millions of homes that would not otherwise get the advertising the networks should be paying THEM to carry their product (Commercials are the product, shows are filler between product)

But alas, the networks do not see it that way so they want the subscription services to pay them for the privileged of broadcasting their commercials. (Now that simply makes no sense to me). Sometimes a network gets too greedy and the subscription service tells 'em to stuff it.

robsouth wrote:
Sat TV as related to use in an RV situation on technology forum..OK.. A particular channel on sat TV coming or going, would be better on "Around the Campfire". JMHO!

Point taken. Wont happen again.

n7bsn wrote:
Money
Dish, DirecTV and the a Cable-Co's have been threatening to drop (fill in the blank) channels to get more money from those channels

It is money, but you have the scenario backwards. The channels charge the satellite or cable provider and when the contract is up, the posturing starts.

The Weather Channel was so full of themselves, they wanted the government (Congress? I forget) to get involved with their squabble with DirecTV. They thought they were an essential service. DirecTV said that all of TWC's filler programming was reducing the number of viewers and I agree. With all of the other weather resources out there and the lack of focus at TWC, I never watched it. I'm on Dish, so the fight had nothing to do with my programming.

As I recall, TWC wanted to increase their price in the new contract. DirecTV wanted to reduce it since fewer people were tuning in. I don't know if they ever settled.

According to the info posted on Dish channels 216 & 217, ION did the dropping, not Dish.

"ION has chosen not to provide this channel on DISH."

Sat TV as related to use in an RV situation on technology forum..OK.. A particular channel on sat TV coming or going, would be better on "Around the Campfire". JMHO!

Sorry if it's not fitting for the Tech Corner on this forum. Have seen several other threads about sat tv on here so figured programming, or lack of it, might be of interest to other RV'ers.

I couldn't find it on Google either but they're gone, ch #216/217.