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  1. General DISH™ Discussion
    Guide mapping recently changed from the satellite-delivered feed to a separate guide data stream for the OTA channel, as a step in preparing for a possible dispute with Tegna: Uplink Activity » 9/29/21 at 3:12pm ET (v17) - 227 changes seen New Uplinks / Mappings - Channels NOT Available ...
  2. General DISH™ Discussion
    Yeah, I forgot that one, since it is no longer included in Multi-Sport. (Some long-time Multi-Sport subscribers may still be grandfathered.) The college networks (you forgot LHN also) are generally included in the basic packages nationally. Pac 12 is even frequently in free preview. So...
  3. General DISH™ Discussion
    Dish is dropping the remaining RSN's. This seems to make it less likely that Dish will agree to bring back the Sinclair-owned Bally Sports RSN's. It looks like Dish is preparing to go entirely without any RSN's for the foreseeable future.
  4. General DISH™ Discussion
    Dish carries plenty of niche channels. So, being in the "majority" is not necessarily the deciding factor. Wasn't ATSC 3.0 supposed to provide better compression, which would allow more diginets to be carried in the same bandwidth?
  5. General DISH™ Discussion
    Yes, that is where I went when I was researching post number 8. That is why it surprised me that he was the one asking which markets had their SD locals removed from Western Arc. Going forward, to keep track of which markets will have their SD feeds removed next, go to his Uplink Activity site...
  6. General DISH™ Discussion
    Since the start of this year alone (I was not keeping track of any other markets before then): Uplink Activity » 1/13/21 at 3:14pm ET (v25) - 47 changes seen New Orleans, LA Baton Rouge, LA Lafayette, LA Great Falls, MT Uplink Activity » 3/3/21 at 3:14pm ET (v16) - 119 changes seen Fort Smith...
  7. General DISH™ Discussion
    The Flash is their most popular program, and it only gets 500,000 viewers? Wow, Superman & Lois's ratings must have really taken a nose dive! Superman & Lois had been pulling in around a million viewers for each episode at the start of the season. There was a considerable drop-off in viewers...
  8. General DISH™ Discussion
    Re: post number 45 Looks a lot like preparations for a possible Tegna dispute to me, as I have been warning for quite awhile now. The tea leaves and bread crumbs are never wrong. ;)
  9. General DISH™ Discussion
    With Dish shutting down standard-def feeds of the major locals in Western Arc markets (as they continue to migrate to all HD-capable equipment) it should not take up any additional bandwidth to carry the actual local diginet affiliates, if Dish leaves those spotbeams turned on.
  10. Internet Streaming Services
    Another thing that occurred to me: If another organization tried to set up a similar service while Locast is still subject to the permanent injunction, would Locast be allowed to donate to that other organization? Or does the injunction prohibit Locast from having anything to do with any...
  11. General DISH™ Discussion
    If AT120+ is still a requirement, then they may as well just add the RSN's to the Multi-Sport Pack (which already comes with a requirement of AT120+ or above) instead of making the RSN's a separate package. This would be just like the way it was before, except that Multi-Sport would now be...
  12. Internet Streaming Services
    Well, if the money is not being spent (per the court ruling that it cannot be spent on anything other than providing service) but is earning interest, then I wonder if that interest income would still be attributable to income earned "from service fees." Or, would such income be indirect enough...
  13. General DISH™ Discussion
    Even if the RSN's never return to Dish, it would still be a price increase for those who want them, since Dish never lowered the prices of their packages (AT120+ and above, etc.) that used to include them, to reflect their removal. I do see one possible advantage for customers, with Sinclair...
  14. Internet Streaming Services
    I still say that must leave Locast with a whole lot of money that they are now no longer allowed to spend on anything. Somebody must be earning interest on those funds, unless Locast's access to the money is now locked completely (seized by the government).
  15. Internet Streaming Services
    On the flip side of that, how are they supposed to be able to launch a service in the first place? Carrying their very first channel in their very first market would be an "expansion." Some reasonable amount of expansion must be allowed, or else that section of law holds absolutely no meaning...
  16. General DISH™ Discussion
    If the Sinclair RSN's are not carried on Dish, that lack of revenue affects how much Sinclair would be willing to pay (maybe even how much they are able to pay) the next time they negotiate for the rights with the leagues. So, it does have a long-term impact. You are the one proposing that the...
  17. Internet Streaming Services
    From the section of the court order quoted above in post number 202: "But under the statute, income made from charges to recipients can only be used to defray the actual and reasonable costs of maintaining and operating the service, not of expanding it into new markets. The argument that Section...
  18. General DISH™ Discussion
    I don't think it's a priority. Dish had a 4K HDR channel on 540-2 that stayed there for years without ever being used for anything. As long as it is not using up bandwidth that is actually needed for something else, it will likely stay right where it is.
  19. General DISH™ Discussion
    I was thinking of a "doomsday" scenario where multiple (maybe even most) MVPD's dropped the RSN's. Make an example of Dish to prevent other MVPD's from getting any ideas. Otherwise, if Dish succeeds (and other MVPD's follow suit) some teams may feel that any additional viewers (even...
  20. General DISH™ Discussion
    I remember the discussion about the NBA League Pass free previews last year, and there were several games that were missing entirely from Dish (even though other providers had them) especially during the first free preview last season. I am not sure exactly what Dish's issue was then. For one...
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