DISH offers $50 to switch..but the real story here is..

DISH Network is offering a $50 incentive to switch to their services in the Grand Rapids, Green Bay, Hartford and Providence Areas. The offer comes after an agreement failed to be made between television/media company LIN TV and cable service provider Charter Communications to carry local stations offered by company.

The real story here is DISH is losing more local channels....They lost the locals here in LA as well....

Source (http://www.hd-report.com/2008/06/04/dish-offers-50-to-switch/)

Hey, did they lose Seattle local stations too.....wait.....message just came up. It says, "We are experiencing technical difficulties. Please Stand By..."

Great, missing the NBA championship game.

WTF?

Wat is the purpose of this thread??

I'm confused (which is not unusual)!!! LOL

Is it just me and the way I'm reading this? But it looks like LIN TV was not able to secure a deal with Charter. Since the didn't that means Charter is not going to carry the LIN TV channels. It sounds like Dish does and is just offering $50 to switch from Charter who doesn't offer them to Dish who does (or in the case of GR will). I read nothing about Dish loosing channels.

wat is detrimental to E* about the linked article???

im confused (wich is not unusual - but a normal state of mind for me), but wat is the point of this thread???

BTW Charter .. WTF!!!?? they can't even secure all the local HD in their home market. No CBS HD in the STL 'cept on E* & D*

Bunch of geniuses over there in west county (in STL where their corporate HQ is).

I make my living off of Charter. Keep sending business my way.
:haha:

as for LA - the "No Fun sLackers" (NFL). who cares????

GO PACK! Green Bay rocks!!

Just a harmless dig at all the LA area residents. Don't freak on me!

Eric Sahl, senior vice president of Programming at DISH Network. “Consumers in Green Bay, Hartford-New Haven and Providence can already enjoy their local HD channels with DISH Network, and Grand Rapids residents will see their local HD channels added to DISH Network later this month


Hopefully this time they acctually come through!