Channel 73 on Dish Network is Now 'The Obama Channel'

[Hissyspit]

Source: Politico

The Obama channel
Channel 73 on the Dish Network is now The Obama Channel.

Obama's media buying strategy has been marked by a willingness to work the angles, and to try to pick up a few votes at the margins. The decision to go to everything from extensive radio buys to odd-hour infomercials reflects the fact that the campaign media buyers spend a lot of time thinking about how much persuasion any given dollar can buy, and given a very cheap format -- late night cable channels that need filler, for instance -- will settle for a thimblefull of persuasion.

- snip -

The channel plays his two-minute ad laying out his economic plan on a loop, over and over.

- snip -

The channel's appearance has provoked scorn and alarm on conservative blogs, though, and some discussion on a forum for Satellite TV aficionados, where one user writes that a Dish Network executive emailed to reassure the user that it "is paid advertising by the Obama campaign and is not an endorsement of Senator Obama by DISH Network" and will broadcast through November 4.

Dish Network spokesman Parker McConachie confirmed the forum account, and stressed that the channel is paid advertising, and not a corporate endorsement.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1008/The_Obama_channel.html

---

[radfringe]

1. saw that last night

there was an Obama ad on, in the corner it had the "press select" pop-up option...

so I did...

[TheEuclideanOne]

2. That's Fair. After all, the McCain Channel has been on and nobody complains

It is called Fox News.

[tpsbmam]

3. Wow -- missed that!

We only look at our favorites guide so I totally missed it. Just added "Obama" to our favorites list. Hope they'll do more than his ads and put some of his speeches on there. I didn't get any interactive option when I turned to it though and couldn't find anything when I went to the general interactive option.

[ima_sinnic]

4. the interactive option comes up during an ad on another channel (CNN)

--I saw this last night and was impressed by the "cutting edge" nature of it. I did not realize it was another channel and was momentarily stuck in the endless loop of the ad until I figured out I could get back to CNN by pressing "Recall."

[gademocrat7]

5. Saw it last night

Great to have an Obama channel.

[and-justice-for-all]

6. Kick Ass! Repig whiners can suck it.

I'm telling EVERYONE!!!!!!

[TheDonkey]

7. Wow, good show!