CNN, other Turner networks removed from Dish Network
Source: Los Angeles Times
"CNN, Cartoon Network and several other Turner cable channels were removed from satellite TV giant Dish Network's systems late Monday after the two companies could not agree on a new distribution contract.
Dish said the action was taken because it no longer had permission to broadcast several Turner Broadcasting channels to its customers.
The channels include CNN, Cartoon Network, Boomerang, CNN en Español, HLN, truTV and Turner Classic Movies. The channels were in a widely distributed programming package received by the bulk of Dish's 14 million customers.
The Dish-Turner Broadcasting contract dispute is the latest in a series of escalating conflicts during the last two years that have left millions of TV viewers without access to their favorite channels.
Pay TV-companies, including Dish, are trying to hold the line on programming costs because customers have complained that their bills already are too high."
Read more: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-dish-turner-dispute-cnn-cartoon-20141020-story.html
Seriously Dish and CNN/Turner Broadcasting, straighten this mess out NOW. Turning on the TV this morning, we got seriously STUCK with watching Morning JoeTalksTooMuch and MikaKissesHisAssets for our Political News and this was TORTURE. No one should be subject or worse forced to watch MSNBC in the morning between 6-9 am ET. No one.
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Us Suddenlink customers lost all the Viacom channels about a month ago and they've yet to return.
They gave us a few crappy channels to replace them, including THE BLAZE. 
You are correct.....YUCK 
Reading on various forums, Dish TV is offering a $5.00 monthly discount for six months for the inconvenience. Well, Dish.....we are also talking breach of contract, since you force customers to sign a minimum two year agreement to receive various discounts up front to have access to certain channels -- INCLUDING CNN. Looks as if Dish has broken the agreement/contract so we will be calling.
"All my TV shows are so bad!"
an introductory offer. That's how DISH works. First year is 29 or 39, then you pay 65 or 85. I've had DISH for 7 years. Price has only gone up about $7. Funny, I didn't even notice that CNN wasn't there this morning. 
I won't miss it.
B-b-but I kin pay my bill right through the t and v!
There's the additional benefit of avoiding the I Don't Watch TV, Therefore I'm Better Than You snot-nosed brigade. Threads like this always feature the braying of a few members.....
News • television • people • human interest • ISSUE 36•04 • Feb 9, 2000
CHAPEL HILL, NC–Area resident Jonathan Green does not own a television, a fact he repeatedly points out to friends, family, and coworkers–as well as to his mailman, neighborhood convenience-store clerks, and the man who cleans the hallways in his apartment building.
Jonathan Green, who tells as many people as possible that he is "fully weaned off the glass teat."
"I, personally, would rather spend my time doing something useful than watch television," Green told a random woman Monday at the Suds 'N' Duds Laundromat, noticing the establishment's wall-mounted TV. "I don't even own one."
According to Melinda Elkins, a coworker of Green's at The Frame Job, a Chapel Hill picture-frame shop, Green steers the conversation toward television whenever possible, just so he can mention not owning one.
"A few days ago, [store manager] Annette [Haig] was saying her new contacts were bothering her," Elkins said. "The second she said that, I knew Jonathan would pounce. He was like, 'I didn't know you had contacts, Annette. Are your eyes bad? That a shame. I'm really lucky to have almost perfect vision. I'm guessing it's because I don't watch TV. In fact, I don't even own one."
(more at linked headline)
from Time Warner, and it's perfectly fine for the price, but last Christmas, in response to FiOS competition which was newly emerging in my neighborhood market, they introduced a REALLY cheap internet deal - like $21/month. I switched to that, but that's when it seemed like my service began to degrade. Perhaps it was all in my head, and I wasn't really EAGER to switch, but FiOS introduced a terrific double play offer last summer - and I felt like I just HAD to give it a try, particularly because this was a "no commitment/month to month" package.
They did not rip out any wires, or switch boxes, or anything - they simply installed a new utility box, and gave me a modem, and voila. Internet is as fast as ever, TV is fun and I have so many choices.
LOL, when I told my friends, they were envious. 
Even the ones with full packages from other providers.
I have Verizon for copper phone and DSL. I would pay the extra for FIOS internet but they keep saying when they add the FIOS line they will switch my phone to FIOS. I have explained to them that I want to keep the copper line for a very rare emergency but the "order"/customer service people will have none of it. They act like it is impossible to keep copper phone and have FIOS for other services--I know this is not true. Whenever I actually have a copper line tech come to the house they are always agreeable, but the customer service department is hellbent on getting everyone off copper. They will eventually win, once they get a sufficient percentage of customers on FIOS but it still makes me angry that I have to spend half an hour of listening to sales pitches to get my phone line cleared up.
I thought I saw a FIOS internet/tv bundle recently and couldn't find anything in the fine print that said I had to give up my copper line. I didn't bother to call because of past experiences where they flat out told me that I couldn't do it. I'll keep an eye out on their site and research others' experiences. I just haven't had much luck any time I called. I just give up and tell them to fix my copper line because they are regulated to do it. The problem with going all FIOS is they are not regulated and they can decide to charge whatever they want, fix it whenever they want and decide what is acceptable service. Copper lines are different and they are regulated on price and maintenance responsibilities.
I'm glad to know that Verizon can indeed add FIOS without cutting copper phone lines, whether they are willing to do it here remains in doubt but I will feel more confident the next time I get the sales pitch.
Thanks again. 
When I checked they were up +2.03 (3.46%) so far today.
The quality of reporting and presentation is so much better than anyone else! And no overblown graphics everywhere
than a good hour of the day's news, as with Al Jazeera
AJ also has excellent investigative shows throughout the day.
