No Stars Games for DISH Network Customers?

by Brad Gardner on Oct 1, 2010 10:05 AM CDT in Dallas Stars News

Dish network has dropped Fox Sports nation wide (for the time being).

Wow.

Stars fans will go without this year, Mike Heika reports this morning on his blog. That includes Mavericks, the final few Rangers games, the Spurs, Big 12 football games...everything. Last season DISH refused to broadcast about 20 Stars games and we heard a lot of consternation about that. That situation looked like it would repeat itself this season but this news is ultimately worse.

One would think, with the popularity of regional sports coverage, that this would get worked out fairly quickly. What household is going to subscribe to a cable service without FS SW? Not mine.

For hockey fans it doesn't get much better than Directv. They offer Fox Sports, Versus and the NHL network; All in high definition. Plus they will carry the Fox Sports+ alternate channel this year where as my beloved Verizon FiOS will not.

ABC news frames the discussion thusly:

Dish Network says Fox is blocking access to 19 sports networks and other TV channels as it demands a rate increase of more than 50 percent from the satellite TV operator.

"Fox is blocking access" ... Funny how the blame goes around depending on the verbiage.

DISH will be making NFL Network, NBA TV and ESPN Classic available at no extra charge to those affected.

(BTW, there has already been some misunderstanding on Twitter, somehow, that the Stars had something to do with this. That's not true. This is a DISH Network thing.)

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And that

is why I’ve chosen to go with GameCenter.

Sorry for everyone in the Dallas market that has Dish. Hopefully you can get that mess worked out, pronto!

Just FYI for those of you it affects, DirecTV will be willing to pay your cancellation fee, have all the normal free upgrades, and match the free HD for life thing that dish has. You just have to call them and bug them about it.

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by Tsudbury on Oct 1, 2010 10:14 AM CDT reply actions

My famly has been angry with dish for a while...

Versus is a pain to get and now they drop all the games? GOODBYE

One of the last Matt Niskanen supporters in Dallas....

by RealDealNeal on Oct 1, 2010 10:49 AM CDT via mobile reply actions

Seriously

Drop them. They’ve been in these bad spots for a while it seems like.

Defending Big D

by Brad Gardner on Oct 1, 2010 10:54 AM CDT reply actions

so glad

I switched to direct after moving in August. Night and day difference since they settled the Versus issues from last season.

by BrettB29 on Oct 1, 2010 11:01 AM CDT reply actions

This^

I just got Directv and I am excited to see all the Stars games this season!

by eamjr10 on Oct 1, 2010 11:44 AM CDT up reply actions

I may have to drop them soon, too

at the rate that they’re going. But i had such bad experience with directv, i’m not ready to give them my money just yet.

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by Tsudbury on Oct 1, 2010 11:01 AM CDT reply actions

I too have had a bad experience with DirectTV.

I really don’t want to switch to them if I don’t have to. Cable out in the Tyler area isn’t much help. Channel 21 isn’t available here and some of the games will be on it. This bites!

Gotta have hockey!
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by terig on Oct 1, 2010 9:36 PM CDT up reply actions

geez

I thought last years directv vs versus situation was a annoying, I could only imagine this. Someone needs to step up and offer customers real choice and value. Let us pay for what we want and not have to pay for all the channels and options we don’t want.

by TimAH on Oct 1, 2010 11:04 AM CDT reply actions

I haven't looked into directv

In the last few years…I had them 5 or 6 years ago but then switched to FiOS because of the cost and savings with combined internet.

Now with 12 FS SW+ games I’m going to miss…It might be worth considering. Then again I can always go mooch off my parents Directv.

Defending Big D

by Brad Gardner on Oct 1, 2010 11:05 AM CDT reply actions

GameCenter FTW

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by Pat Iversen on Oct 1, 2010 11:08 AM CDT reply actions

doesn't work for those dallas people though

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by Tsudbury on Oct 1, 2010 11:12 AM CDT up reply actions

Oh yeah....oops.

DefendingBigD: A Dallas Stars Blog

Twitter: PatIVERSEN

The Maneater: The Mizzou Student Newspaper I cover women's soccer and other sportsy stuff.

They call me.......Flat-Bill-Crooked-Hat-Earring-Bad-Beard.

by Pat Iversen on Oct 1, 2010 11:20 AM CDT up reply actions

wait game center wont show stars if ur in dallas?

i thought they showed like every game

GET OFF NIEUWENDYK'S NUTS

by 8thegreat on Oct 1, 2010 12:24 PM CDT up reply actions

There's blackout restrictions...

it’s the same as the center ice packages available… it’s only for out of market teams. I found that one out when i purchased it a while back. Apparently northeast ARKANSAS still counts as dallas market.

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by Tsudbury on Oct 1, 2010 12:32 PM CDT up reply actions

That's a bummer

Defending Big D

by Brad Gardner on Oct 1, 2010 2:09 PM CDT up reply actions

tell me about it...

for 3 years all I had was the radio feed from the website.

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by Tsudbury on Oct 1, 2010 2:26 PM CDT up reply actions

There's got to be a way to fake an ip address

Not that I would ever condone such an action.

Defending Big D

by Brad Gardner on Oct 1, 2010 3:09 PM CDT up reply actions

wink

Defending Big D

by Brad Gardner on Oct 1, 2010 3:09 PM CDT up reply actions

you can use a proxy server i'm sure

but i went to a conservative college that had most things blocked. we couldn’t access myspace or other sites, and everyone had to fight for the right (to party?) to access facebook. Anyone caught using proxies were kicked out of school.

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by Tsudbury on Oct 1, 2010 5:12 PM CDT up reply actions

I was a long time Dish customer

until they didn’t carry 12 or so Stars games last year with absolutely no notice. Ditched them the next week, wanted Direct, but they were having the Vs issues so went to Uverse. Uverse is OK, get all the games. But it is expensive … plus that their DVR service doesn’t even offer slo motion still bugs me. Thinking heavily about going to DirecTV.

by 1paniolo on Oct 1, 2010 7:16 PM CDT reply actions

I hate Dish.

It’s all wonky and confusing. DirecTV costs more, but it’s sooooo worth it. Sorry to all you Dallas people. No one should EVER be deprived of Dallas Stars hockey.

Here's to all us girls who love hockey...and the men who play it.

by Brad_Richards_Rocks on Oct 1, 2010 9:56 PM CDT via mobile reply actions

ever since I got dish earlier this year

They were nothing but trouble, customer service sucked and the whole thing was just confusing! Whats weird is that I read this in the morning, then when I turned on the tv, it couldn’t acquire the satellite signal and wouldn’t do it all day….so thats strikes 1,2, and 3. Apparently I don’t qualify for DirecTV to pick up the cancellation fee. Sooo it will be money well spent!

by ibsurfer91932 on Oct 2, 2010 12:59 AM CDT reply actions