The Satellite Dish
The Consumer Satellite Industry through the eyes of WWW.SatelliteGuys.US Founder Scott Greczkowski
Horse Racing Coming to Satellite
It looks like horse-racing fans will soon be enjoying their favorite sport on satellite. Today Sirius XM announced plans to add the TVG Racing Network to their satellite radio service starting this Friday on Sirius channel 126 and XM channel 243. The audio broadcast will make TVG’s network content, which is currently available to 33 million households to more then 18 million Sirius XM cust ...... Read More
Comments (0)Oh No... Not Again...
Last week I wrote about the controversy of the new DirecTV advertisement featuring the late Chris Farley. People were upset with the thought that actor David Spade did the ads to cash in on the memory of Chris Farley. David Spade said he did the ad as a tribute to the memory of his late friend and the ad was done with the blessing of the Farley family, but many folks were still not happy after D ...... Read More
Comments (0)Oh EPIX Where Are You?
It is just a few hours away from the launch of the new movie service EPIX and there is still no signs that the channel will be carried by either satellite company. While we knew that DirecTV wasn’t interested in the service at this time, there have been lots of rumblings that EPIX and Dish Network were close to a deal. As we roll closer to launch time it appears that Dish Network will not ...... Read More
Comments (0)DirecTV has Still Got It!
DirecTV does a lot of things very well and to me one of the best things that DirecTV does is its marketing. It seems as though no matter what the ad is, when ever DirecTV airs a new ad it always seems be talked about around water coolers around the country. DirecTV has done it again. The latest DirecTV ad once again has people talking. In fact on my ride into work today I was listening to the &# ...... Read More
Comments (3)Play Ball!
The baseball season is winding down, as we get ready for the annual fall classic. This year the World Series will feature the New York Yankees taking on the Philadelphia Phillies. For many Dish Network customers it will be one of the few times this season that they can see the New York Yankees in all their glory. Dish Network is the only major satellite or cable provider in the New York area who ...... Read More
Comments (9)Opinion Time
Ok so still nothing really interesting to talk about in the satellite industry so its time for some commentary from yours truly. Thoughts on Comcast and NBC Universal… I was working at the fair for my friend when I got word that COMCAST was thinking about buying into NBC Universal. When I heard the news it kind of shocked me and the more I thought about it to more I thought that if COMCAST ...... Read More
Comments (8)Is Something Going To Happen?
I have banging my head against the wall for the last two days on what to write here in “The Satellite Dish” there is a strange kind of quiet going on in the industry and to me it feels strange because to me this calm also feels kind of exciting in a strange sort of way. My bones are aching like there is something major coming down the pike, but for all I know it could just be the un ...... Read More
Comments (9)Dish Adds New HD
Today Dish Network launched a new national HD service, and this one might get a few folks excited, for others not so much. The new channel that launched today was Hustler HD; yes you read that correctly adult HD programming has come to Dish Network. But HD adult fare isn’t nothing new to satellite, when VOOM was a satellite service they carries Spice in HD, and for a brief while DirecTV car ...... Read More
Comments (4)So What Happened Last Night?
I know many of you are wondering what happened on last night’s Dish Network “Charlie Chat” show with Dish CEO Charlie Ergen. Unfortunately the answer is not much. The show was basically an hour-long advertisement for the new NFL RedZone channel. The show was shot live outside and was setup like a tailgate party. You could tell it was cold outside and you could see steam comi ...... Read More
Comments (7)Charlie Chat Tonight
Dish Network CEO Charlie Ergen returns in front of the camera tonight for the first time since June for Dish Network’s “Charlie Chat” show. A lot of mystery surrounds tonight’s chat and many are wondering what will be discussed on tonight’s show. Dish Network tells us that tonight’s show will feature a number of new elements plus the host of Oxygen’ ...... Read More
Comments (1)Do Not Adjust Your Sets
If you’re a Dish Network customer and woke up this morning telling you that your Smart Card was not authorized you were not alone. The Internet forums lit up this morning with many Dish Network customers reporting that some of their receivers would not work and that they could not get through to Dish Network customer support. Some posters mentioned that they were disconnected by Dish Networ ...... Read More
Comments (6)Thoughts From The Fair
It was a long but satisfying 4 days at the Big E fair. I was able to talk with a lot of folks about satellite television over those 4 days. Thank you to all the MultiChannel readers who stopped by and said hello, I didn’t realize that we had so many readers in New England! One of the things that surprised me is how mainstream HDTV now is. Everyone except for two people had at least one H ...... Read More
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