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Davidb7236's avatar
Davidb7236
Visitor
14 years ago

Dish Network doesn't have all international Channel

Well,


I have a little problem here, I wanted to publish an international channel that is not available via DishWorld.I reached out to all parties involved and I still don't have an answer to my problem. Roku tells me to contact ottpartner@dish.com 1-877-811-4788 which I called and all the reps tell me they don't have any Latin channels. here is the web address that clearly say the international channels they carry http://dishworldiptv.com/. Now i'm stuck between Roku and DishWorld figuring out how to handle this problem.


Can someone help with this situation I don't need hindu, Arabic, Bangla, or any other Mid eastern channel I want Latin. I have my own content provider but that also has to go thru Dishworld. I was happier with the old system Roku approves it and we are all happy. Now the competition will not approve anything unless they are making money. Welcome to America!!!
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27 Replies

  • knuckle's avatar
    knuckle
    Binge Watcher
    14 years ago
    Hi David----------------

    unless there has been a huge change in how roku does business the inclusion of dishworld in no way stops you from providing any other foreign language program in a private channel (providing you get the content owners ok) or you from contacting said Latin provider about doing so.Which Latin programming is it you want?
  • Davidb7236's avatar
    Davidb7236
    Visitor
    14 years ago
    HI Knuckle,

    I'm trying to understand how this works. I have my own Latin streaming Content provider but from what i'm reading all streaming foreign languages should go thru DishWorld. I'm not sure if that is correct or is there another person I can contact to clear this up?
  • kc8pql's avatar
    kc8pql
    Visitor
    14 years ago
    I'm not sure if that is correct or is there another person I can contact to clear this up?

    No, that isn't correct. You can develop your own channel.
  • Davidb7236's avatar
    Davidb7236
    Visitor
    14 years ago
    My Friends please try and post a foreign channel you will be surprised with all the ropes you will need to jump to get it published on Roku.
  • kc8pql's avatar
    kc8pql
    Visitor
    14 years ago
    "Davidb7236" wrote:
    My Friends please try and post a foreign channel you will be surprised with all the ropes you will need to jump to get it published on Roku.

    You need to have rights to the content and Roku has to approve foreign language channels, public or private, but that's about it as far as I know.
    The requirements can be found in the Developer Agreement.
  • bandal's avatar
    bandal
    Visitor
    14 years ago
    Question, if 90% of the foreign shows are already on youtube for my channel, why can't we use the same video on Roku or can we? All we do is increase the size from pc to TV. The 10% I know I must get approval. But how does Dish get the approval then from Youtube?
  • Davidb7236's avatar
    Davidb7236
    Visitor
    14 years ago
    Has anyone read this and is there an answer back from Roku besides go fight it out with DishWorld who are actually giving me the finger.
  • streamingguy's avatar
    streamingguy
    Visitor
    14 years ago
    As far as I know, DISHWorld has an agreement with ROKU and we can not publish International channels through our new apps. We had the same issue from last month and DISH is not allowing to publish any International channels. But, I heard that there is no problem for the existing apps/streams. This is not good for both the content providers and also for the customers. DISH is charging high price for a couple of channels.