No MTV, CBS on DISH Network

[CTC Command]

Last night I was watching Beavis & Butthead on MTV2, and suddenly this announcement started to roll across the bottom of the screen: "Attention dish network customers...Comedy Central, MTV"...

Then the bottom of the screen went black and the announcement (and Beavis' legs) disappeared for a about 40 seconds. I was going to call dish network and complain to find out what just got censored, but it was after midnight and I didn't feel like moving.

Then this morning when my son's preschool programs on Noggin were coming on, we got an announcement instead of programming. Apparently I (and every other dish network customer) is the victim of a media war between Echostar and Viacom...

More news here and here.

[Kooperman]

What is the Nick GAS channel that seems to be a bone of contention?

[Yoda]

WHAT!?! Beavis and Butthead are on MTV 2?!? SHIT! Tape that stuff for me!

[Guest .::BeatFactory::.]

What is the Nick GAS channel that seems to be a bone of contention?

It stands for Nickelodeon Games And Sports. It's a really really crappy channel that targets kids and shows old shows like Wild N Crazy Kids, Nickeloden Guts (with the Aggrocrag, etc.), Double Dare, and other shows like these that haven't been shown in ages

[MikeHunt]

This will give you some backround on the situation:

http://www.beatking.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=2638

[MikeHunt]

and more backround info:

http://www.dishnetwork.com/content/program...tes/index.shtml

[DudeAsInCool]

Its a negotiating battle with CBS--and its annoying as hell....

[Bombardier]

I never watched Nick or MTV.

The loss of Comedy Central really sucks! Damn these stupid disputes between Dish and Viacom.

I wish Viacom would get off their high horse and stop trying to jack up the rates.

Assholes :angry:

[DudeAsInCool]

Well said Bombadier. Theyre all greedy pigs--its all about numbers, not about people...

[CTC Command]

That's what I know. Dish Network just raised their rates last month, one of the reasons why Viacom is saying wtf about their unwillingness to absorb their increase in rates...anyone know how reliable the hacking hardware/software is for echostar equipment? I keep looking at it--for the cost of 1 or 2 months worth of subscription it would seem one could get the materials to get the programming for nothing.