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Echostar/Dish Network Pulls Viacom Channels
RedWolves2 writes "As was mentioned yesterday, Viacom was trying to warn Dish Network customers over the weekend that its channels were going to be pulled from their service. Well today those channels were finally pulled. 'EchoStar Communications Corp. on Tuesday pulled from service 16 of Viacom's local CBS stations and 10 of its national channels after the companies failed to agree on contract terms and prices.' Echostar will provide a $1 monthly credit to customers who lose programming while the channels are unavailable. Sorry but $1 a month is not exactly a fair trade off. DirecTV sounds like a great choice."
Hell. They oughta charge an extra $5 monthly for filtering MTV and Nickelodeon out of your home. I'd pay it.
Heh, they lost VIACOM programming? Hell, I'd pay $1 less on my DirecTV bill to lose MTV.
In fact, I'd pay $1 *more* to lose MTV.
DirecTV doesn't have the same hardcore porn offerings though. Dish lets you order up porn like you would HBO or ShowTime. DirecTV makes you go with Playboy (not porn) or buy AlaCarte (big bucks.)
They no longer get the Sci-Fi or History channel, or even Comedy Central. Is there mass suicide watch?
Why would anybody on Slashdot be concerned about that?
Oh, wait...
Show me on the doll where his noodly appendage touched you.
oh, wait.
sulli
RTFJ.
I'm mad enough, that I'm going to stop watching Viacom. Oh, wait. That's no good. It's really the products I should boycott, but I don't see any commercials (ReplayTV). Ok! I'm going to start watching commercials Viacom, so I cannot buy the products they advertise! Wait, that doesn't sound like much fun.
I agree. Most of the blacklisted channels are just endless streams of commercials. Although those commercials do offer more music than MTV.....
but fox is still on,
you can watch white ppl portray black people as criminals, and you can catch your football and bias news too.
dude, you're on the internet. why on earth are you paying for porn?
london is drowning and i live by river
I'm actualy kind of supprised at the lengths Viacom has been willing to go on this one.
They recently did an add in which Sponge Bob Square Pants told kids that they would never see him again if they didn't get their parrents to drop Dish Network.
That's just hard core.
Killfile(TGK)
No trees were killed in the creation of this post. However, many electrons were inconvenienced.
320x240 at 15fps is NOT what I call porn.
How about your gf? That's as many fps as you want :)
My other car is first.
So the "100 Channel" deal is ___ONLY___ 94 channels?
I believe that would be called Bait and Switch.
Don't worry, someday you too will graduate from the third grade.
Well right arm gets REALLY sore if I try anything above 10fps...
That will be a neat trick as selections will be on Sunday
Who lives in a their couch and watches TV
Couch Po-ta-to
Craving for nothing but his MTV
Couch Po-ta-to
If Comedy Central is all that you wish
Couch Po-ta-to
Call up Viacom and demand it on DISH.
I really hate Dan Patrick.
...or sometimes you fold to the pretty girl cause she winked at you. ...then later you find out thats not the only winky "she" has when you get bent over.
Easily solved. DirecTiVo, man.
"Why Subscribe?" Good question...
I heard that Kenny might die in the next episode of South Park. Now withour Comedy Central I will never know :-(