BTN - Dish Network Contract Status

between Dish and DirecTV...this would definitely sway me big time!

I've never been happier. I had a fear that I would lose signal often during storms, but that is not the case. Directv has been reliable. I went through quite a few boxes with Time Warner and I always had an annoying lag when changing channels.

Google Fiber also does not have BTN... nor ESPN.  Sign me up for the free internets for life, but their TV package has a long way to go...

Having seen many of these contract disputes go down, including the most recent between Dish and AMC, the likelihood is that it will come down to the wire, and then a deal will be made. But, considering Dish vs. AMC, it's possible (though unlikely, mostly because I doubt BTN is demanding as much as AMC for as little as AMC provides) that Dish will actually drop BTN. If BTN is as good at PR as AMC is, they will allow Dish customers to watch games online.

I'm still under contract with Dish I believe... Because I just upgraded to their biggest DVR (pre-Hopper) about a year ago.

Don't care. First AMC and now they're fucking with my football? I'll take the penalties or just drop to their cheapest package for the remainder of my contract. I'll be calling them shortly and if they cant assure me they'll be keeping BTN I'll be in the phone with Direct in the next day or two.

........you will feel like you died and gone to heaven when you sign up for dtv

These things often do come down to the wire, but sometimes these guys get stubborn. My wife was incensed a few months ago because Directv was in a dispute with Fox. Directv was stubborn enough that we had no Fox channels for something like 3 or 4 days, IIRC, and this was during the final few weeks of american idol and some of their highest ratings. Thus the reason my wife was so angry, and a real testament to how serious these fights can get.

That said, the only trouble I have with Directv's signal is when I should be in the basement, hiding from a tornado. I did have some trouble when a tree got a little overgrown, but with a clear line of sight to the southern sky, you should have no problems. From what I've seen though, I would pay a couple bucks more a month just for Directv's guide over Dish and Comcast's. They totally blow in comparison.

Dish doesn't hold a candle to Directv. They need new upper management if they want to remain relevant.

I'm not exactly a loyal customer and will be salty if they can't work it out with BTN, but dishnet DVR > directTV DVR.

I've really never like Dish Network.  I first got it in 2005 because we bought a house in a weird valley that had a lousy cable company and no line-of-sight to the DirecTV satellite.  We've moved a couple times since, and now I live on a hillside with clear views to the south, west, and north, so I could probably get DirecTV again if I wanted.  If DirecTV is that much better, maybe I should think about switching anyway.

i haved both direct tv and dish and there is no way i would go back to dish. direct tv is 10 times better.

Sounds like dish network will not offer the new PAC 12 network channels either. They're losing lots of customers out here in the Pacific Northwest. Kinda dumb. I guess they don't realize the power of college football.

so believe me replacing them will be no problem at all but this one is definitely the icing on the cake for me with them. Adios and good riddance.

of the screen while reading this thread lol. Maybe they read mgoblog. (sarcasm)

No offense to anyone who still has it, but Dish sounds like complete garbage. They seem to care very little about their customer base and routinely don't renew extremely popular channels (recently with AMC and now BTN). We had Dish when I was in high school and I remember the would always pull this same shit. Besides that, I had worked with a guy who had previously done call center sales for Dish through a 3rd party, and the stories he told were nauseating. For example, having a phone # one digit off of a directtv sales line and letting the callers think they were in fact signing up for the other provider. What a joke of a company.

Crap, my building only offers Dish network. They better get this resolved ASAP.

No contest.

Didn't DirectTV just drop like 25 channels and kept the subscription price the same?

Direct will be here on the 7th with my HD DVR, 3 receivers and Nomad... All for free. With what I save with their specials, it more than makes up for the $130 I'll have to pay to ditch my contract with Dish. I'll be getting fewer channels, but all I'm really losing is filler that nobody watches anyway.

Should have done this a long time ago.

dish is just gawk awful--and I mean the company, not the service. As if you need another reason.



the owner is Charlie Ergen. google him. he is a total a-hole. Often accused of horrible business ethics. His company has paid sanctions for abusing court rules many times, including for destroying evidence. Ergen is such a pennypinching billionaire that he makes company employees share hotel rooms on biz trips -- this a company will billions of $ of revenue a year. His company has a very high employee turnover rate -- lots of yelling by supervisors, a place you can't speak back to management, etc. Last month Dish lost a case in NY where they refused to pay contractually required fees to a telecom company that fired Dish to switch to DirecTV.



Scumbags, to be blunt.



don't use Dish if you can at all help yourself.

I have DISH for two reasons: 1. I can get NESN (long-time Red Sox fan) and 2. BTN (UMichigan dad). I just called DISH and was informed there have been zero discussions with BTN regarding a change in their status with DISH, and they do not foresee any changes. Also, I must say, I have not had any of the reception problems discussed. Of course, I have lost the signal occasionally, but other than that, I am satisfied with my service.

I have had dish for about 5 years and have had great service. I get free pay channels all the time and I like the fact that my bill is always the same. I have priced out directtv and it is just too expensive for the programming they offer.

All that being said, dish better get their shit together and get this resolved quickly.

I've put up the the AMC issues because I have Netflix and my wife hasn't seen all the previous BB's.  I have made it quite clear to them that if they don't have it resolved by the time Walking Dead starts I'm gone.

This could move up the date even quicker.

It's funny how people get so attached to whichever Sat provider they have.  I've had them both and frankly it's a commodity.  The only difference in them to me is price.  The only complaint I've had with Dish is that ESPNU is not HD and looks like ass on my Panasonic Plasma.