Dish Customers get their MTV Groove back on!

zerodamage · Mar 12, 2004, 07:21 PM

"In the end, EchoStar Communication Corp. says it got better prices from Viacom Inc. after an ugly dispute that cost 9 million satellite television customers channels like MTV and Nickelodeon.

Two days after the Comedy Channel went dark on Dish Network satellite dishes, the companies agreed early Thursday to a long-term contract allowing EchoStar to offer its customers Viacom's channels at rates EchoStar CEO Charles Ergen called fair."

Full Article: ABCnews

BiGBrOwNPimpsta · Mar 12, 2004, 11:14 PM

lets not forget spike tv which has my wrestling

Dom · Mar 12, 2004, 11:19 PM

I'm happy the Dish customers got their channels back. These money-hungry companies never think of the people involved, only the dollar.

zerodamage · Mar 12, 2004, 11:36 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by BiGBrOWnPimpsta
lets not forget spike tv which has my wrestling

Where would we be without WWE!

Mar 12, 2004, 07:21 PM	#1
zerodamage DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Virginia, USA Posts: 3,574 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Dish Customers get their MTV Groove back on! "In the end, EchoStar Communication Corp. says it got better prices from Viacom Inc. after an ugly dispute that cost 9 million satellite television customers channels like MTV and Nickelodeon. Two days after the Comedy Channel went dark on Dish Network satellite dishes, the companies agreed early Thursday to a long-term contract allowing EchoStar to offer its customers Viacom's channels at rates EchoStar CEO Charles Ergen called fair." Full Article: ABCnews

Mar 12, 2004, 11:14 PM	#2
BiGBrOwNPimpsta DH's #1 Hustla and Pimp Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: The Dirty Dot Posts: 7,224 Rep Power: 64 System Specs	lets not forget spike tv which has my wrestling __________________ Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music \| Logitech Z-5500 THX 5.1 Surround Sound Speakers \| 2 Lite-On 20x S-ATA Burners \| ATI TV Wonder Elite \| Logitech G7 Mouse \| Logitech MX5500 Bluetooth Keyboard

Mar 12, 2004, 11:19 PM	#3
Dom DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 12,942 Rep Power: 0	I'm happy the Dish customers got their channels back. These money-hungry companies never think of the people involved, only the dollar.