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Viacom and DishNetwork Battle On Air Over Contract
An anonymous reader writes "This weekend, Viacom stations began scrolling messages on their cable stations(MTV, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon, etc) stating that DishNetwork may soon be removing the channels from its lineup and urging subscribers to call DishNetwork. DishNetwork subscribers(me!) may have begun to see black bars cover the messages and calls to DishNetwork regarding the messages were greeted with a recording telling subscribers to call the President and GM of KCBS. These antics stem from lawsuits here. I, for one, will be switching to DirecTV if they don't get this figured out."
Luckly I'm with multikabel, small kabeler in Holland, wich has outstanding TV services(not to say cable). Missing SpongeBob would be a real pain :-)
Wow so after they go off the air the average intelligence of the Dish Network subscribers rise 50 points.
If something is so important that you feel the need to post it on the internet... It probably isn't that important.
I saw these messages the other day. I found it a little annoying. I'm on Comcast cable, and I have nothing to do with this little squabble, yet I have to watch these childish messages scroll across my screen on several channels. It reminds me of what I have heard about ESPN consistently charging a fortune to the cable and dish companies for the privilege of carrying their channel. At least ESPN doesn't have Dick Vitale jump out at me during a broadcast saying, "Call your satellite operator and keep us on your channel lineup, baby!"
Yes. Because Big media companies are currently under heavy attach from the government.
Thats sarcasm.
Are you blind or just stupid. Large Companies are under absolutely no threat from the government and they know it.
You want to talk about annoying? I'm a Comcast subscriber.
Yeah, I can see how that would be really annoying.
I don't even own a dish and I'm seeing these fucking messages.
So? How is that any different than me? I don't have Dish Network either. Is it some how less annoying because I have a dish on my roof?
why would you put your computer outside?
this is just a placeholder till i send back my real sig from the future.
It doesn't surprise me that one TV company is flaming another with scrolling messages. What does surprise me is the fact that a bunch of 80's demo coders managed to get these jobs in the first place.
Good news everyone, the signal to noise ratio on DishNetwork is improving...
You are right!
DirecTV is way better at suing its customers than DishNetwork.
btw,
Calling CBS, MTV et al the BEST kinda shows you might be better off picking up a book.
QVC and shopping type channels
Yeah, that "bug" is generally referred to as a 'Wife'. Keeps happening to more and more people, strangely enough... Nothing a sledgehammer and a pit full of lye won't fix.
Arrrgghhh my karma is burning!
Maxim: People cannot follow directions.
Increases in truth directly with the length of time spent explaining them
Dish wants to pick and choose what they want to air
Over their own network? God forbid.
O.J. Simpson might be able to get away with murder, but once he steals cable, hes gone too far...o urces_news_html
http://wcco.com/national/DirecTV-OJSimpson-aa/res
This won't be taken away, will it? A friend of mine wants to know.
We have secretly replaced these Slashdot mods' sense of humor with a rusty nail. Let's see if they notice!!
I can't seem to find "Homestar Runner" anywhere!
Yeah, that's what I thought.
Now if I can just get my wife to see things my way...
the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Personally, I prefer the satellite way because 1) I'm in control of the hardware. I dont mind climbing a latter and replacing a piece of cable that gets damaged.
OOOhh - you're in control of all those satellites??? Cool!
3) the quality is much better. Straight mpeg video out of the decoder, not a signal that has passed through gawd knows how many line amplifiers between the head-end and my house.
Because a DIGITAL mpeg-2 stream from a satellite is better than a DIGITAL mpeg-2 stream from a cable?
...and Martha Stewart apparently. Poor little sacrificial lamb.
Linux, you magnificent bastard, I read the fucking manual!