Any Dish Network people out there with HBO or Cinemax? WTF

[IDAFC21]

HBO and Cinemax have been pulled from Dish Network, due to contract disputes. I HATE HATE HATE this bullshit tactic. Just fucks the consumers over. But what else is new. I'm sure this has NOTHING to do w/ the fact AT&T also owns DirecTV....nothing at all.

AT&T-owned HBO and Cinemax have been pulled from Dish's satellite TV service and the Dish-owned Sling TV streaming service over a money dispute, marking the first-ever blackout for HBO in its 46-year history.

In June, US District Court Judge Richard Leon allowed AT&T to complete its purchase of Time Warner Inc., the owner of HBO and Cinemax, saying there was no reason to believe that AT&T would use its market power to harm rival TV providers or consumers. AT&T is also the owner of DirecTV, Dish's primary competitor in the satellite TV business.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy...ectv-lets-hbo-go-dark-on-dish-in-money-fight/

For once I'm glad game of thrones doesn't premiere until next year. They best sort this shit out. Wonder if I still have HBO Go tho.......

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[Sprayin]

Glad I dumped Dish years ago. Pretty happy with DirecTV. Except for not getting PAC12 network.

 

[importcrew]

DirecTv started getting too expensive for everything we had. I think outside of our promotions, we were paying about $250ish. The best they could do to help me was give me $22/month off for having the 3 big premium channels.

I have Sling now and received the same email that HBO got dropped. I do have my in laws info and can always use HBO Go if I need to but there wasn't really anything I watched.

 

[Mook]

DTV is hideously expensive unless you jew them down.

 

[Sprayin]

I have DirecTV Now. And it's pretty reasonable.

 

[Mook]

I have everything so its expensive

But I jewed them down with promotion stuff so its more manageable again.

 

[Sprayin]

I get 3 streams on mine. So I have me, my brother, and my GF. So you could really split the cost 3 ways of you wanted to be a big time jew.

 

[Mook]

3 streams?

 

[importcrew]

I think he means simultaneously stream. So 3 devices/people can stream at one time.

With my SlingTv account, I can stream up to 4 streams at one time.

 

[Mook]

I have the main genie and the satellite one in my bedroom. Every movie channel as well. I think I changed my plan so its 140 before taxes.

 

[Stink Star]

I don’t understand what you’re really saving over cable here? We are paying $155 for Xfinity with HBO/encore and 180mb Internet with an X1 box and a remote box. Granted we bought our own modem so that saves us $12/mo but still.... are you guys paying this price for satellite and then also paying even more for internet service? Or is that TV with internet service?

 

[Mook]

I pay 60ish for internet and 160ish for DTV. Having used Comcast and then DTV, DTV is superior imo. Comcast was fine but their customer service was garbage and TWICE they shut my cable off (with zero explanation) b/c they later claimed I never paid my bill even tho the money was gone. Fuckers. To be fair tho, I havent used Comcast in.....like..5 years? Aside from internet of course.

I switched to DTV when I moved b/c it was already set up for it and new customers got a killer deal. Now, every six months I basically just bitch and get promo pricing applied, to keep costs in check.

 

[Sprayin]

I pay $40/month for DTV Now. And $100/month for 1gb internet. The internet speed is probably overkill.

 

[Mook]

What is your total dtv bill then? 120?

 

[Sprayin]

What is your total dtv bill then? 120?

DTV is $40/month. Internet is Comcast.

 

[Mook]

How the fuck is it 40 bucks? Do you have like three channels?

 

[Sprayin]

65 channels. Then I pay $5/month extra for HBO

 

[Mook]

I just had my plan revised. I'll have to check their packages again and maybe jew down some more. Or just threaten to jump to Comcast. I'm likely coming up on my six months anyway.

 

[IDAFC21]

Day 9. Still no HBO. I have been forced to watch any one of my other 400+ channels, or even worse immerse myself in any number of streaming services in order to find mindless programs to waste my time. These are the dark times.