DISH Network Information And Offers » Wisconsin http://www.satelliteconsumer.com/blog DISH Network Specials, Programming, Equipment, News And Reviews Thu, 17 May 2012 18:18:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Whatever Happened To Customer Choice? http://www.satelliteconsumer.com/blog/whatever-happened-to-customer-choice/ http://www.satelliteconsumer.com/blog/whatever-happened-to-customer-choice/#comments Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:14:30 +0000 admin http://www.satelliteconsumer.com/blog/whatever-happened-to-customer-choice/ There are some mighty unhappy DirecTV customers in Adams County, Wisconsin, and it’s not even DirecTV’s fault! The satellite provider is being forced to discontinue local programming from the Madison area in favor of local programming from the Wausau/Rhinelander  area. Who would do such a thing? Not surprisingly, it’s the feds. Sticking their noses in [...]

Whatever Happened To Customer Choice?

]]> There are some mighty unhappy DirecTV customers in Adams County, Wisconsin, and it’s not even DirecTV’s fault! The satellite provider is being forced to discontinue local programming from the Madison area in favor of local programming from the Wausau/Rhinelander  area.

Who would do such a thing? Not surprisingly, it’s the feds. Sticking their noses in where they don’t belong as usual. Seems that Congress  passed a law back in 2004 which mandated the local programming that satellite broadcasters could provide to all of the counties in the country and left it up to Nielsen Media Research to figure out which local channels each county should be allowed to receive.

For whatever reason, now is the time that DirecTV is being forced to act in Adams County and a lot of the residents do not agree with Nielsen’s conclusion. It appears that Adams County lies pretty close to being in between Madison and Wausau, but I don’t live in Wisconsin and don’t pretend to know what’s best for viewers in Adams County.

It’s not as if these subscribers are asking to receive local channels from Los Angeles or something, so why should they not be able to choose which market they want to receive local channels from? It appears that they are local to both market.

I presume the government, in their infinite wisdom, had the answer. I just don’t expect it to make much sense.

For more details, see WiscNews.

Whatever Happened To Customer Choice?

]]> http://www.satelliteconsumer.com/blog/whatever-happened-to-customer-choice/feed/ 0 Wisconsin TV Station WQOW Coming To DISH Network http://www.satelliteconsumer.com/blog/wisconsin-tv-station-wqow-coming-to-dish-network/ http://www.satelliteconsumer.com/blog/wisconsin-tv-station-wqow-coming-to-dish-network/#comments Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:31:27 +0000 admin http://.satelliteconsumer.com/wisconsin-tv-station-wqow-coming-to-dish-network/ Viewers in the Eau Claire, Wisconsin area will finally have the option of receiving local ABC affiliate WQOW via DISH Network when the station is added to the local programming package for that area. This will be a nice plus for people who want to switch from cable to satellite or are having problems receiving [...]

Wisconsin TV Station WQOW Coming To DISH Network

]]> Viewers in the Eau Claire, Wisconsin area will finally have the option of receiving local ABC affiliate WQOW via DISH Network when the station is added to the local programming package for that area. This will be a nice plus for people who want to switch from cable to satellite or are having problems receiving the new digital TV signals.

Here in New Hampshire, I sometimes have problems receiving the digital TV signals from Boston despite a good roof-top TV antenna and a nice elevated location which gives us pretty decent reception from the Boston area most of the time. However, I am noticing that digital TV seems to be susceptible to weather-related problems.

Just this morning I was watching the Fox station out of Boston and lost my signal for a short time. I know there is some inclement weather in the area, so my best guess is that the problems I experienced were weather-related.

Fortunately, we have the local channel programming package for the Boston area as part of our DISH Network service, so we are able to watch the local stations (including the ABC affiliate in Manchester, NH) off the satellite, which works out nicely.

For those of you waiting to see WQOW on DISH Network, word is that the station is scheduled to be added no later than October 1st.

Wisconsin TV Station WQOW Coming To DISH Network

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