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WGN - Dish Network Dispute

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WGN - Dish Network Dispute

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Here we go again...was watching WGN and a crawl says Dish Network will stop carrying WGN on December 1st in another apparent dispute. This is getting old.
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The main Chicago station or the national Feed?
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I was watching on cable so I guess national feed. I'm not sure about the main station though.
radioandtventhusiast wrote: Thu Nov 26, 2020 1:37 pm The main Chicago station or the national Feed?
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I'm guessing WGN America must be involved in the dispute as well.
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Seems CBS is involved too. They have a crawl going across the screen as well.
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These networks and local stations are very greedy when it comes letting systems carry them. It's beyond ridiculous, as an example, Fox Sports Detroit is no longer available on Dish now for about a year and a half. Sinclair wants a crazy amount of money and Dish said no way, so the channel was dropped completely. The cord is being cut more and more because of all the content pricing that continues to be passed down to the consumer.
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Big Signal wrote: Sat Nov 28, 2020 6:26 am These networks and local stations are very greedy when it comes letting systems carry them. It's beyond ridiculous, as an example, Fox Sports Detroit is no longer available on Dish now for about a year and a half. Sinclair wants a crazy amount of money and Dish said no way, so the channel was dropped completely. The cord is being cut more and more because of all the content pricing that continues to be passed down to the consumer.
Lawmakers on both sides are trying to put an end to disputes and blackouts, but broadcasters lobby all the time to keep the system. The FCC won't do anything either. Something needs to be done so people never have their channels blacked out because of greed.
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If a channel(s) are dropped from pay tv services because of disputes/blackouts the consumer isn't getting what (s)he paid for. That's a problem.
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TheForce wrote: Sat Nov 28, 2020 3:11 pm If a channel(s) are dropped from pay tv services because of disputes/blackouts the consumer isn't getting what (s)he paid for. That's a problem.
That's the problem right there. Some customers pick certain packages to get a certain channel they want, and if they get dropped in a dispute, they're out of luck.
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That's the problem right there. Some customers pick certain packages to get a certain channel they want, and if they get dropped in a dispute, they're out of luck.
That is why I've called and negotiated a new deal with Dish. We shouldn't have to do that, prices should be decreased accordingly to the percentage paid on the channels dropped. In my opinion, cable and Sat TV are one of the biggest scams going.
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Big Signal wrote: Sat Nov 28, 2020 5:36 pm
That's the problem right there. Some customers pick certain packages to get a certain channel they want, and if they get dropped in a dispute, they're out of luck.
That is why I've called and negotiated a new deal with Dish. We shouldn't have to do that, prices should be decreased accordingly to the percentage paid on the channels dropped. In my opinion, cable and Sat TV are one of the biggest scams going.
I've had Dish for about 15 years now, and have enjoyed the service for the most part. Pay-TV is one of the most unregulated industries there are.
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Nexstar stations were dropped at 6:45 this evening.
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They will end up compromising, unhappy customers go elsewhere.
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