Dishnetwork pulled the plug on MTV,BET,Comedy Central, Nickelodeon&VH1.

[JSE]

Know what sucks? I have Time Warner Cable and I have been getting these irritating banners running accross the bottom of the screen on these channels asking me to call Dish Network and demand they put the channels back on. Really, really irritating.

Dish Network,

I have cable! Why do I care?

JSE

P.S. You guys that have Dish Network, sorry. That really does suck they pulled them.

[woodman]

Know what sucks? I have Time Warner Cable and I have been getting these irritating banners running accross the bottom of the screen on these channels asking me to call Dish Network and demand they put the channels back on. Really, really irritating.

Dish Network,

I have cable! Why do I care?

JSE

P.S. You guys that have Dish Network, sorry. That really does suck they pulled them.

FYI - the "irritating banners" that showed up on your cable system were not put there by anyone other than Viacom. They were merely trying to get vast numbers of people to call Dish Network and complain - thereby pressuring Dish to cave in to the excessive rate increases demanded by Viacom. Also, Dish didn't "pull" the Viacom channels for spite or anything of the sort ... they were forced by law to do so since their contract with Viacom had expired, and they would've been open to litigation if they had left those channels up and running.

[Worf101]

FYI - the "irritating banners" that showed up on your cable system were not put there by anyone other than Viacom. They were merely trying to get vast numbers of people to call Dish Network and complain - thereby pressuring Dish to cave in to the excessive rate increases demanded by Viacom. Also, Dish didn't "pull" the Viacom channels for spite or anything of the sort ... they were forced by law to do so since their contract with Viacom had expired, and they would've been open to litigation if they had left those channels up and running.

You got the nail pegged to the floor. They're trying to force consumers to do their strongarmin' for them... Guess it didn't work...

Da Worfster

[wasch_24]

You know whats funny? I don't have satellite T.V., yet. I get my "cable" from my home owners association and they get it from this company called Gatehouse Networks. The "cable" feed I receive is basically Dish Network broadcasts downgraded and assigned new channels and fed to the subdivision. So I too will lose CBS, BET, Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon, Nick Games & Sports, Noggin, and VH1. Some reports say that during negotiations for the new contract Viacom was only asking for an additional 6 cents per subscriber from Dish Network because Dish Network recently hiked up their rates by $3.

[topspeed]

http://www.dishnetwork.com/content/p...es/index.shtml

Guess it's Dish Network's turn now. Giving all the phone numbers was a nice touch too.

Look, Spongebob is off air and I'm pissed. That's right, I admit it. I like Bikini Bottom as much as my kids. I say post the Viacom counterproposal and let the paying public decide who's screwing who.

In the mean time, can everyone please call the linked numbers so I can get my Spongebob back? Pleeease!!!