OLN SUCKS

Ok... The NHL went on strike last year. Lost an entire season. In the process, they lost their TV deal with ESPN. Now, one year later somoene had to pick up where ESPN left off. Enter OLN, the Outdoor Life Network. Yes...this is the channel where we you can watch fishing, moose hunting, Ted Nugent hunting reality shows and NHL Hockey? OOOOOOOOOO-K?
Anyhow, Comcast Cable runs in to save the day. This is unless you are unfortunate enough to be an avid hockey fan and you have Dish Network.

You see..Since Dish Network is not an affiliate of Comcast cable, OLN won't be showing any hockey on the Dish Network feed. Why? Because Dish is actually taking a stand and telling OLN they need to offer their channel on a lower tier so more of their audience can see the games. You see...OLN is only offered on the highest tier of channels that Dish Network offers. Essenially, it's a tier of channels nobody ever watches , but you have to pay the big bucks for. Comcast bascially said F you and refuses to offer the games for Dish Network customers...and it seems they are doing it for very greedy reasons. Hooray for all NHL fans who have Dish Network.

The thing that ticks me off is that I never found out about this until after I had already orderd the channel. I came home from work quite eager to watch my two favorite teams play each other and when I turned on the TV, "The 25 hardest animals to hunt" was on in place of my game. WTF??? I called Dish Netowork, their customer service dept was left in the dark as they had no idea what was going on. OLN simply called the issue a "contract dispute". Needless to say, I cancelled OLN and made Dish Network give me a credit for this. What really ticks me off is that if I would have gone with DirectTV, I wouldn't have any problems. Now that I have a 1 year contract with Dish Network that I just signed in July, I'm screwed this season.

To this date, there hasn't been any official statement from Dish Network or the NHL. This sucks. At least I still have a partial season with the Center Ice package.

F you OLN and Comcast. F you in your ear.