8 Replies Latest reply: Oct 3, 2013 9:44 AM by dcd RSS  1501
(HBO) is currently not available - for 3 weeks   I am a new
subscriber and for the first two weeks channel 1501 (HBO on
Demand) worked fine.  Since then, every time we tune to the
channel it simply says "1501 (HBO) is currently not available." 
I've called technical support twice, once a few weeks back when
we first noticed it and then again today, only to be told that
"it's currently undergoing maintenance to improve the customer
experience."   I don't know how blacking out a popular channel
for 3 weeks is considered improving the customer experience, but
I'm calling shenanigans.  I frankly don't believe that a channel
would go down for 3+ weeks without any formal notice from
DirecTV, especially because each time I called it took them 20
minutes to come back with this lame response.  If it were really
down for everybody I feel like they would be getting a LOT of
complaints about this.   So has anybody else had this problem? 
I've rebooted my receiv