CBS dispute with Dish

[HemiEd]

Any of you have the Pats/Tits game blacked out?

I guess CBS is now doing what they did with DTV back in September, blacking out customers for a rate increase.

I was scrambling getting my attic antenna up to snuff, hadn't even used it in a couple years. Had to watch the game in a guest bedroom on a 32 inch tv.

Out here in the boonies we don't have good enough internet for streaming.

The Chiefs game this Sunday is also on CBS.

[rabblerouser]

Oooof

[rabblerouser]

I have NBC blocked out. It's some straight kind of bullshit

[oldman]

Is it CBS or your local station? We Dish customers here in KC went through that last summer with KCTV5. Amplified indoor antennas are your friends and they are pretty cheap. https://www.amazon.com/Antenna-Anten...%2C799&sr=8-26

[HemiEd]

Originally Posted by oldman

Is it CBS or your local station? We Dish customers here in KC went through that last summer with KCTV5. Amplified indoor antennas are your friends and they are pretty cheap.

Dish provides the phone number for our local station, so maybe it is just the local one.

I called it several times, always busy. WTF would a local station be doing it for?

assholes.

I have a very good attic antenna, get 11 stations. If we don't have it back by Saturday, I will hook it up to my 55 inch tv.

[F150]

I tried for 30 minutes to find the second game yesterday on XM radio. I find it is near impossible to listen to games on Sirius XM. And they make it difficult to find even on their web site.

[HemiEd]

Originally Posted by rabblerouser

I have NBC blocked out. It's some straight kind of bullshit

What service to you have? We had DTV for over 20 years but AT&T ****ed them up beyond tolerable and we switched this year.

[oldman]

If that's the case, then the dispute is with the local station. Same BS we went through here with Meredith Broadcasting last summer. The thing I like about those indoor antennas is that you don't have to crawl around in the attic or on the roof. I just bought another for our downstairs TV and it took all of about 5 min. to install. About 3 mi. was looking behind all the grandkids junk to find an AC outlet. We found out last summer that it's nice to have local weather during storm season downstairs.

[treeguy27]

Like mentioned previously we just went through this with Dish. Call them and threaten to cancel your service. They will give you a significant discount on your rate. I got $50 a month off the bill for a year. They'll also send you a free antenna to get the OTA signal. Even if you have an antenna already, take their free one and put it in another room. I've gotten a free Roku from them previously as well. It's worth the 15 minute phone call.

[mlyonsd]

Yeah it must be a dispute with the local stations. We have DISH and still have CBS here.

[Eleazar]

Originally Posted by F150

I tried for 30 minutes to find the second game yesterday on XM radio. I find it is near impossible to listen to games on Sirius XM. And they make it difficult to find even on their web site.

Sirius's website says the games Sunday will be on NFL, Channel 88. I believe all playoff games are on the main NFL channel.

[F150]

Originally Posted by Eleazar

Sirius's website says the games Sunday will be on NFL, Channel 88. I believe all playoff games are on the main NFL channel.

Thank you Ill check that out, I tried yesterday but then sometimes the internets win

[HemiEd]

Originally Posted by treeguy27

Like mentioned previously we just went through this with Dish. Call them and threaten to cancel your service. They will give you a significant discount on your rate. I got $50 a month off the bill for a year. They'll also send you a free antenna to get the OTA signal. Even if you have an antenna already, take their free one and put it in another room. I've gotten a free Roku from them previously as well. It's worth the 15 minute phone call.

Well I tried, that is 40 minutes of my life I won't be getting back. The best the gal from the Phillipines could do was a one time credit of $30

[Eleazar]

Originally Posted by F150

Thank you Ill check that out, I tried yesterday but then sometimes the internets win

It's confusing for the regular season because you have to have the highest tiered Sirius package to get the NFL games, and then they are on channels 225 and up. But for the postseason I think they're all on that channel.

[treeguy27]

Originally Posted by HemiEd

Well I tried, that is 40 minutes of my life I won't be getting back. The best the gal from the Phillipines could do was a one time credit of $30

That sucks. The first CSR I spoke to tried to give me just the antenna. I told him that wasn't enough and I was gonna cancel. He transferred me to the retentions dept. The lady there gave me the $50/month credit without much argument. I had her throw in the antenna as well. They've been losing customers like crazy with all of the cord cutting going on. This was last summer, maybe they've changed their policies.