My local NBC in Mobile, Al had an agreement with Dish but two days before Dish uplinked the HD feed, the station was sold to so9me A hole company that still has not reached an agreement with Dish and the has been at leat 9 months. So Young and ComCorp are not the only ones that do not have agreements with Dish. I am sure there are lots of others that just are not negotiating. Dish, of course is the biggest A hole.

Another day another Dish dispute. I'm so glad that I dropped Dish when they dropped VOOM.

And in the meantime directv is adding more hd (like pbs locals) and dish cant even keep the lousy locals they have...

Finally people are seeing dihes true colors.
They took my favorite programming Voom off the air.
Watch out they are comming for your favorite channels as well.
Nothing is safe!!!

VOOM destroyed themselves thru repeats. We loved VOOM when it was at it's best, but by the end it was stale with re-runs and little new to watch.

I suspect DirecTV will now be taking a harder line with stations, too. Money is getting tighter, as other DirecTV actions have shown. Keep in mind, these locals really don't want to lose satco carriage- their ad revenues would decline with the smaller audience.

Dish is fine. Certainly their ViP series of receivers are the best on the market.

These little media companies are run by little tin horned dictators who think they can compete with Dish. Local programming and the tv stations that broadcast them are paid for by advertising. No advertising pays Dish, just the local stations. These junior dictators are trying to bump up their free cash on the backs of satellite subscribers. Dish pays all the costs in getting the content moved into the system and up to their satellites and back to you. These media companies deserve nothing and are lucky to get anything at all. Now they want more than what real DMAs get paid?

Good luck!

Woohoo!!! Backspin is coming back!!!

It's situations like this that make loyal dish network customers consider leaving the company. Why should I stay when I can go to comcast and get more stations?

This sucks. I live in portland and just lost access to our local ABC affiliate, KATU. This is probably the last straw with me for Dishnetwork.

I have been royally pissed that they have not been able to reach an agreement with Comcast to carry their new Comcast Sports Net in my area so I don't get to watch 50 of the our home town team games, the Portland Trailblazers, and they are finally good again, dang it!

I do hate CommieCast so, and dish does have good receivers, but these channel issues are quite annoying.

Backspin is coming back yes.

I too am in the Portland-Vancouver Metro Area, and just lost my local ABC feed as of 12 am Dec 18th. Dish is stating that KATU was demanding an 80% increase in payment for the new contract. I have sent messages to the KATU GM & Fischer Communications, strongly urging a more reasonable rate increase.
For pete's sake, the entire nation is in a deep recession, sliding towards depression, and KATU thinks they deserve an 80% raise?

It is Fisher and all the others that should be paying Dish and Direct for carriage.

It is Fisher and all the others that should be paying Dish and Direct for carriage.

Dish Network is once again showing their true colors. Funny how Dish Network owns 95% of "disputes" with the cable and broadcast networks, isn't it? Two things are for certain: given their track record, Dish Network is always at fault until proven otherwise; Dish Network attempted to sabotage VOOM, illegally pulled the plug back in May, and will be found liable for damanges in court.

Dish Network customers would be wise to find another provider!

Now just give me back Kids Stuff (well..give it back to my 3 year old that is) and things will be looking better again.

It's a stupid law to pay the broadcasters a carriage fee or retrans fee. Local viewers our not really shafted, those viewers our. The ones in Washington state of shafted. You can not even get a local signal in HD. The law which congress passed, was same to Distant Networks Service, but they kept raising the price every year. DirecTV and Cable negiotations could also back fire. Fisher Communications ask 3 times as much for there retrans. and carriage. The Fat Cats National Association of Broadcasters folks have been un-fair to so many. Bakersfield, California folks who can't figure out how to get local off air in Bakersfield, will end up watching no football. KBAK CBS and KBFX FOX owned by Fisher Communications. Fisher Communications planned a lawsuit.

I used to love Dish Network, but now I feel I've been scammed. They called me last week, and offered me free HBO package since I was "such a valuable customer" (I have been with Dish Network for over 7 years). Of course it would require a 2 year commitment, but really, that didn't bother me as for the most part, I have no complaints about them (save the issue with Comcast Sportsnet, which I used to think was Comcast being greedy, but now I'm not so sure). Anyway, I agree to the package, and the next day I find out my local ABC affiliate has been pulled. I'd like to hear how many other Portland area customers were given this "special" offer. Also, I'd like to know if I have recourse to pull out of this deal, since I feel I didn't have all the pertinent information?

Ok, for all you Kool-Aid drinkers out there, here it is. I have been in touch with both the CEO of Dish Network and the General Manager of KATU in Portland, Or. When the question of a rate increase by Fisher Communications the General Manager had nothing to say on the matter, the whole conversation was that Fisher was being "

Ok, for all you Kool-Aid drinkers out there, here it is. I have been in touch with both the CEO of Dish Network and the General Manager of KATU in Portland, Or. When the question of a rate increase by Fisher Communications the General Manager had nothing to say on the matter, the whole conversation was that Fisher was being "

So can we ditch Dish since they aren't fufilling what they originally advertised or will we get penalized for breaking "

wondering same question as Sherry

I changed to DirectTV because my favorite shows are on ABC. When I called Dishnet to cancel, they offered to give me a months service for free if I stayed with them. If you stay with Dishnet, you might want to call and get them to take a month off your bill. That's the least they can do.