CBS channels blacked out for Dish customers over carriage dispute

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

#BUSINESS NEWS NOVEMBER 21, 2017 / 2:57 AM / UPDATED 2 HOURS AGO

(Reuters) - CBS Corp’s TV stations were blacked out for Dish Network Corp’s customers over a network carriage deal dispute, the companies said early Tuesday.

Dish said in a statement that CBS rejected its offer to extend their contract while negotiations continued.

“This particular dispute is yet another example of the company punishing its subscribers instead of negotiating a fair carriage deal that reflects the current marketplace,” CBS said in a separate statement.

CBS and 28 other CBS-owned local television stations were blacked out across 26 states.

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[hlthe2b]

1. and... as much as I may fume at Comcast, THIS (and all the episodes before) is why I won't do DISH

[hunter]

3. This is why I don't do ANY cable, satellite, or broadcast television.

Our television plays DVDs and Netflix. That's all it does.

My life seems a whole lot brighter without television news or commercials.

[hlthe2b]

4. I didn't for several years, but have work-related need to be able to access a certain program

ONLY available via satellite or cable. Despite digital local news being available via antennae still, I haven't found that all come through without a lot of static and I can't pick up all three networks Annoys me as I'm not much of a tv viewer.

[dixiegrrrrl]

10. The cool thing about cord cutting, besides saving a nice chunk of money

is being able to decide when and what I want to see/hear online. No loud commercials, no groups of people yelling over each other.
Extra bonus: the big black screen not being the focal point in the living room.

[hunter]

11. It is a nice chunk of money.

A medium speed DSL connection does everything I ask of it.

Maybe I've got bad eyes, but DVDs and 0.7 GB an hour Netflix look fine to me.

My wife's cell phone connects through our home's wifi when she's at home, which reduces her cell phone bill. I was worried that might cause problems while watching Netflix or YouTube video, but it turned out not to be a problem.

[dixiegrrrrl]

12. "phone connects through our home's wifi "

Hmmm...can you tell me a bit more how that works?
Mr. Dixie has a cell phone ( not a "smart" phone) and we have wi-fi, soooo if there is a savings there, I would be interested.

[hunter]

14. My wife has an Android phone.

The wifi connectivity is part of her cell phone plan. It's just a setting on the phone.

There are Android apps that do a similar thing, but not with the same phone number. It's safe to assume the free services track you for advertising purposes.

I remain deliberately ignorant of the Android world, leaving it to our children, nephews, and nieces to answer Android questions. It's good for them. (Heh. To be fair, I get plenty enough computer questions. My latest curmudgeonly advice to people perpetually confused by Microsoft Windows and intolerant of Linux: Buy a Chromebook. Everybody loves them at our local high school. Every kid gets one.)

Our youngest kid set up my wife's smart phone service a few years ago, not me. I'm intolerant of cell phone sales people.

If someone asks me an Android question, all I have to do is show them my flip phone, shrug my shoulders, and say "I dunno."

[Merlot]

2. Don't you just love a good monopoly?

[Honeycombe8]

6. You can get CBS via antenna broadcast in most places. You don't need to pay for it. nt

[Merlot]

7. Can you get it in the places they blocked it out?

If so, then what was the point of blacking it out, unless people would have to go out and buy and install an antenna.

[LanternWaste]

15. Over the air analog transmissions are not blocked

Over the air analog transmissions are not blocked, and may be accessed via an antenna with any television. Many people simply are not aware that cable may be temporarily disconnected and switched to OTA reception.

[miyazaki]

18. Except some rural repeaters which use dish services to broadcast.n/t

[Honeycombe8]

5. As a cordcutting streamer & OTA broadcast viewer, seems to me that CBS is a problem.

So many problems reported by viewers about CBS. Weak tower signals, inability to stream what the other major networks will let you stream (after all, it's broadcast tv).

I get CBS over the air, for free, because there are 2 towers near me. So if one is too weak to receive, I usually can view it from the other tower in a different nearby city. Which is good, because the CBS Roku channel sucks, unlike NBC's, which lets viewers stream the news and have access to very recent shows & news reports.

[Bengus81]

8. More of the same,PAY for TV,then watch commercials out the wazoo..........

That's why myself and COX are parting ways on cable TV come January after having that service since 1982. I'll buy an omni-directional antenna and get most of the same stations I get now for FREE. Luckily I have lots of broadcasting towers within 10-15 miles of my home.

I'm done with the endless commercials and then getting billed for watching them. Most of my viewing is streaming anyway.

[lagomorph777]

9. Thanks for the tip; need to hook up rabbit ears for my fave shows tonight.

[Brother Buzz]

13. Traditional TV rabbit ears are iffy at best with this new high definition digital broadcast signal

An adequate engineered antenna can be had for eight, ten bucks just about anywhere, or you can make one for almost nothing:

[lagomorph777]

16. I've determined you're correct.

I had successfully used a panel antenna about a year ago, but at the moment only had a rabbit ears laying around. The former is vastly superior. Your design looks like fun but alas I won't have time to build it tonight. Might need to pick up another panel.

[Xolodno]

17. CBS is over rated.

I stream, but to get CBS, I have to fork out $5 a month...with commercials. That is a rip off.

Once or twice a year, I will subscribe for a month because my wife wants to see an awards show or something. But I kill it soon after, its kind of funny, one of their listed quick reasons for you canceling is more or less you think its a ripoff.

[GoCubsGo]

19. When I had DishTV, I never paid for the local channels.

I just turned off the receiver, and watched for free. I never could understand why most people paid for the local channels. I can understand it for those who lived far from the towers, but for just about everyone in my town, all one needs is an antenna. The same for DirecTV and cable.