That would be wonderful if it turns out to be true. But I'm not holding my breath.
Did you have guide data before this change, or did it previously say "Digital Service" or only list the call letters (KLKN)? In other words, does it look like Dish is trying to add new guide data, or did they replace an existing guide data stream with a new one that has no data?
Look at the uplink parp quoted. It specifically says "No EPG" so what parp is seeing might be what Dish is actually broadcasting.It can take a short while (a few hours, but always less than 12-24 hours) for it to populate. Be patient.... If it's not there by tomorrow at this time, then you can say "WTF Dish?" all you want !
Those are all -01 channels and for a single market. Is this the same market as TheKrell ? He reported this and a Dish technical person contacted him to get it resolved. I suspect this is a single case fix. Regarding the -01 channels, Dish doesn't push guide data for those either - they map them from the -00 channel and may do this at the receiver level, not through the satellite feed.
I am pretty sure TheKrell's problem is with a PBS station in Virginia, not the ABC station in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Update: I was flipping through the channels a couple of nights ago, and I noticed that the national feed of LAFF was actually showing regular LAFF programming in one of the so-called "Paid Programming" slots. So now, it looks like an issue with the guide info being flat-out wrong, rather than the way it was before, when the national feed was actually showing Paid Programming in that time-slot while only the local affiliate showed the regular LAFF programming.
I've noticed that as well but early in the morning. The guide shows three hours of "Paid Programming" but, in fact, regular programming is playing. I watched a movie the other morning, might have been "Uncle Buck"(?), and if you pressed the Info button it said "Paid Programming".
In my case, it was Grace Under Fire. I didn't leave it there very long, just long enough to be able to tell that it was regular programming, not an infomercial.
I also noticed this issue in the morning on Discovery Familia: the guide info says "Paid Programming" but they are actually showing cartoons.
Holy sh*t - it's been almost 10 years for some of the channels in market. They are finally making corrections (and additions) ??
James Long's uplink report over at dbstalk.
They could have (should have ?) done this with any guide provider. They used to....
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