You bet, my wife tuned in tried to tune in last night and found nothing but a message on the screen.
First, no OLN, which is the only American TV outlet for A1GP.
But the real kicker is what's going to happen next.
I bought a HDTV and Dish HD receiver for Xmas. Turns out that my brand new, high tech, Dish 942 HDTV receiver is going to be obsolete in a couple of DAYS as Dish makes the tansition to a new encoding standard (MPEG4) which my receiver cannot decode nor can it be retro'd. Oh, it'll still work for a "while," but no NEW HDTV channels for me.
What's funny is, Dish told me (and several thouand others) in November 2005 that this MPEG-4 standard was "not promising" and wouldn't be implimented for the forseeable future. As late as two weeks ago they were telling people to go ahead and buy this $700 piece of HDTV history because it could be "upgraded." In fact, you can still buy this machine today from you local Dish retailer (whom I'm sure would be glad to sell it to you). But the Dish CSR's have been told to tell people calling Dish to buy it to WAIT for the new receiver.
Am I mad? You bet.
If I'm not offered this new receiver at a VERY LOW (like free) cost, me and my >$100 Satellite bill are waltzing on over to Di-rect TeeVee.
But not until, I've backed over my $700 mistake (as well as my other Dish HDTV receiver which hasn't worked right since jump) with my car several times, scooped up the remains, and shipped them to Mr. Ergen with a tube of Vaseline and explicit instructions.
Your case is perfect fodder to start a class-action lawsuit. As much as I despise such action, sometimes you have no alternative.
False advertising, possibly even fraud - as no major switch in technology like the one you describe happens over night - rest assured that the decision was decided over months, and possibly years.
How much did Dish just raise the HD package?