jviola
09-21-06, 10:50 AM
I went to bed so frustrated last night. If you guys can help me I'd be so appreciative.
I live in the 43402 zipcode area. Whenever the tigers are playing on Television, ESPN, ESPN2 They are blacked out on my dish network, yet my neighbors with direct TV can watch it on ESPN or ESPN2. Also, last Saturday I came home to watch the BYU vs Boston College Football game that was scheduled on ESPN2. Another game Michigan ST and Pittsburgh was also scheduled. When I turned the television on both games were blacked out. I had to go to a friend house with Direct TV and watch the BYU and Boston College game on his ESPN2.
So last night I see the Tigers are playing in Chicago and it is scheduled for ESPN. I turned ESPN on it was blacked out. I finally called DISH NETWORK. The first person said there wasn't anything they could do. I asked for his superivor. The superivor told me that it was blacked out because I could watch it on my local station. I asked her watch station was that. She said it was channel 430. I turned to 430, but it would automatically flip to 431 my FoxOh station. I told her that and she said I was having technical difficulties and she would transfter me to the techinician. Of course, I was disconnected.
I called back and we through the mindless menus and finally talked to a tech. She told me because I live in Ohio I would only get FoxOH. I said then let me see it on ESPN which I'm paying for. She claimed that it was ESPN decision on what areas they black out. I told her that my neighbors with direct TV could get in the same area. That it wasn't an ESPN thing, but a dish network issue. I then talked to her superivor and got the same story.
Can someone help me understand how dish network can block these games. I think they do it so I have to purcahse another sports package. I'm already paying for ESPN so how can they do that. HELP. HELP.
If there a way to get this resolved short of going to cable or direct TV?
I live in the 43402 zipcode area. Whenever the tigers are playing on Television, ESPN, ESPN2 They are blacked out on my dish network, yet my neighbors with direct TV can watch it on ESPN or ESPN2. Also, last Saturday I came home to watch the BYU vs Boston College Football game that was scheduled on ESPN2. Another game Michigan ST and Pittsburgh was also scheduled. When I turned the television on both games were blacked out. I had to go to a friend house with Direct TV and watch the BYU and Boston College game on his ESPN2.
So last night I see the Tigers are playing in Chicago and it is scheduled for ESPN. I turned ESPN on it was blacked out. I finally called DISH NETWORK. The first person said there wasn't anything they could do. I asked for his superivor. The superivor told me that it was blacked out because I could watch it on my local station. I asked her watch station was that. She said it was channel 430. I turned to 430, but it would automatically flip to 431 my FoxOh station. I told her that and she said I was having technical difficulties and she would transfter me to the techinician. Of course, I was disconnected.
I called back and we through the mindless menus and finally talked to a tech. She told me because I live in Ohio I would only get FoxOH. I said then let me see it on ESPN which I'm paying for. She claimed that it was ESPN decision on what areas they black out. I told her that my neighbors with direct TV could get in the same area. That it wasn't an ESPN thing, but a dish network issue. I then talked to her superivor and got the same story.
Can someone help me understand how dish network can block these games. I think they do it so I have to purcahse another sports package. I'm already paying for ESPN so how can they do that. HELP. HELP.
If there a way to get this resolved short of going to cable or direct TV?