DISH Network and Fox Sports Wisconsin

[KeithStone53151]

Absolute worst case scenario is you tell them you will take them to small claims court. There is almost no chance they would have a lawyer show up and you would win by default.

 

I don’t think they will take it that far. We didn’t even get to the point of asking to see the signed contract. It did however take some persistence and declining about 20 different plans from them. They are going to say no at first. Just keep pressing the change in programming isn’t acceptable. They are trained to get money out of you, don’t give in.

 

I completely agree on this item here and it's an excellent point. Even threatening to take them to small claims court will probably be enough to get them to just push through your cancellation. Them sending a lawyer to small claims court is probably almost as expensive or possibly even more expensive than your claim. And I'm sure they have bigger fish to fry anyways.

[wildcat83]

They usually don’t actually have anything that would constitute a binding contract. They throw that term around a lot, but in our case we never signed anything after the initial two year on set up. We agreed to a price over the phone for our current plan. If asked for the recording of that conversation I highly doubt they could produce it.

 

It takes persistence but when push comes to shove you can get out. In our case it wasn’t overly hard actually. Stick to the programming change being unacceptable.

[bjkrautk]

Absolute worst case scenario is you tell them you will take them to small claims court. There is almost no chance they would have a lawyer show up and you would win by default.

 

I'm (probably) not your lawyer, and this is not legal advice.

 

That being said, it's more likely that the company does not have a local employee able to make a personal appearance in an out-of-state small claims case....assuming they even know the law in the State.

[NievesNoNO]

Aren't we in a day and age where it makes sense if you'd like the local crowd to come out and support you that you make it easier for the local fans to view the local team's broadcasts? I lost my access to view games when Sling lost their access to Fox. It's kind of an irritating game. I'm mostly sure the only reason I was able to watch them on Sling is that my Century Link isp is based in Minnesota.

 

So, my question is does anybody know how the TV broadcast rights break down? Does MLB own them, does the broadcasting station?

 

Is there a legally acceptable streaming option to watch the Brewers in a local area other than a cable package? It's hard to mold my kids into Brewers fans when I can't even watch a game with them.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

Aren't we in a day and age where it makes sense if you'd like the local crowd to come out and support you that you make it easier for the local fans to view the local team's broadcasts? I lost my access to view games when Sling lost their access to Fox. It's kind of an irritating game. I'm mostly sure the only reason I was able to watch them on Sling is that my Century Link isp is based in Minnesota.

 

So, my question is does anybody know how the TV broadcast rights break down? Does MLB own them, does the broadcasting station?

 

Is there a legally acceptable streaming option to watch the Brewers in a local area other than a cable package? It's hard to mold my kids into Brewers fans when I can't even watch a game with them.

 

You can watch the Brewers from anywhere in their coverage area on any streaming service that offers Fox Sports Wisconsin. That includes Hulu TV, YouTube TV, Playstation Vue, Fubo TV and DirecTV Now. I think blackout rules are kind of a thing of the past now.

[igor67]

Not in Minneosta you get Fox Sports North. I almost had, but my credit card still has a MN zip and that over rode anything else I provided. On the other hand with Sling at least I have discovered that there blackouts are very pre-programmed, so if the game runs over at all I can catch the end.

[Pugger]

I initially thought DirectTV was an option, but their package with FSN is around $135 per month (avg) for a two year deal.

 

They installed Direct TV here at UWGB (we are renting a student apartment here and this is our last week) and every time it rains hard we lose the signal.

[Pugger]

Aren't we in a day and age where it makes sense if you'd like the local crowd to come out and support you that you make it easier for the local fans to view the local team's broadcasts? I lost my access to view games when Sling lost their access to Fox. It's kind of an irritating game. I'm mostly sure the only reason I was able to watch them on Sling is that my Century Link isp is based in Minnesota.

 

So, my question is does anybody know how the TV broadcast rights break down? Does MLB own them, does the broadcasting station?

 

Is there a legally acceptable streaming option to watch the Brewers in a local area other than a cable package? It's hard to mold my kids into Brewers fans when I can't even watch a game with them.

 

You can watch the Brewers from anywhere in their coverage area on any streaming service that offers Fox Sports Wisconsin. That includes Hulu TV, YouTube TV, Playstation Vue, Fubo TV and DirecTV Now. I think blackout rules are kind of a thing of the past now.

 

If you are out of the Fox Sports Wisconsin viewing area the only way you can get those games is streaming online. I posted about Sling Box earlier in this thread and that works for us in Florida.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

Aren't we in a day and age where it makes sense if you'd like the local crowd to come out and support you that you make it easier for the local fans to view the local team's broadcasts? I lost my access to view games when Sling lost their access to Fox. It's kind of an irritating game. I'm mostly sure the only reason I was able to watch them on Sling is that my Century Link isp is based in Minnesota.

 

So, my question is does anybody know how the TV broadcast rights break down? Does MLB own them, does the broadcasting station?

 

Is there a legally acceptable streaming option to watch the Brewers in a local area other than a cable package? It's hard to mold my kids into Brewers fans when I can't even watch a game with them.

 

You can watch the Brewers from anywhere in their coverage area on any streaming service that offers Fox Sports Wisconsin. That includes Hulu TV, YouTube TV, Playstation Vue, Fubo TV and DirecTV Now. I think blackout rules are kind of a thing of the past now.

 

If you are out of the Fox Sports Wisconsin viewing area the only way you can get those games is streaming online. I posted about Sling Box earlier in this thread and that works for us in Florida.

 

Yes, that is true. I think NievesNoNO was specifically talking about blackout restrictions within the viewing area, though. As far as I know, those rules no longer exist.

[NievesNoNO]

Aren't we in a day and age where it makes sense if you'd like the local crowd to come out and support you that you make it easier for the local fans to view the local team's broadcasts? I lost my access to view games when Sling lost their access to Fox. It's kind of an irritating game. I'm mostly sure the only reason I was able to watch them on Sling is that my Century Link isp is based in Minnesota.

 

So, my question is does anybody know how the TV broadcast rights break down? Does MLB own them, does the broadcasting station?

 

Is there a legally acceptable streaming option to watch the Brewers in a local area other than a cable package? It's hard to mold my kids into Brewers fans when I can't even watch a game with them.

 

You can watch the Brewers from anywhere in their coverage area on any streaming service that offers Fox Sports Wisconsin. That includes Hulu TV, YouTube TV, Playstation Vue, Fubo TV and DirecTV Now. I think blackout rules are kind of a thing of the past now.

 

Thanks. Guess I'm a bit slow with the times then. I shall give YouTube a trial run.

[SeaBass]

Usually you can go on the streaming service's website and plug in your zip code to view the local channels that will be available to you. That should tell you if Fox Sports Wisconsin would be included with your subscription and which level of service you'd need to choose (for those services that offer tiered packages like PlayStation Vue, DirecTV Now etc.).

[SeaBass]

Just noticed today that YouTube TV is offering a 14 day free trial on their website right now for 1st time customers. That's a good deal as most streaming services only offer 7 day free trials (PlayStation Vue only offers 5 days). I'm not technically a 1st time YTTV customer but I just created a new gmail account and voila, I'm in.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

Ex Slinger. $25 was as high as I wanted to go. I ended up watching far fewer games than I anticipated I would anyway. If they were having a gangbusters year I probably would have watched more, but tbh, even though I had Sling, I wound up just using Reddit on my laptop about the same amount of time. The feed wasn't as delayed sometimes I wanted the other team's feed just for fun...but MLB At Bat was telling me what happened like a full two minutes before Sling. I thought I would really prefer the easy access to Sling on the TV but I just rarely sat down and committed to it. I've had a difficult (re: impossible) time getting people to use my 20 pack. Last year I was fending people off and this year nobody really cares.

 

Anything $25+ just seems like poor value. My wife probably misses it more due to the HGTV and food stuff.

[SeaBass]

I can sympathize, I was pretty much doing the same thing. Had Sling Blue, I was getting it at $15 per month because I signed up for their 3 month offer back in the spring. Then I had 1 minor billing issue around when the 3 month @ $15 promo was going to expire and they gave me another 3 months at $15. Then they lost Fox Sports Wisconsin and I cancelled.

 

Like you, I didn't really watch every available Brewers game even so, maybe 2 or 3 a week. Though I did watch the Bucks during the playoffs, except when they were on ESPN because I didn't have the Orange package.

 

Right now I'm just trying different services for their free trials. Can't go wrong with free! I tried DirecTV Now this past week (wouldn't recommend, though HBO is included), now YTTV for the next 2 weeks. I still haven't tried Hulu Live TV or PlayStation Vue yet.

 

I expect I will become a paying subscriber again once Packers regular season games start since my el cheapo digital antenna doesn't pick up Fox 11 out of Green Bay (I'm in Oshkosh). I won't need to do that until Sept 15th.