FOX Sports

I don't know why you would not be getting your Fox Sports Directv came into an agreement with Fox Sports so that everyone would keep that channel.  Maybe check your channel lineup they may have changed what packages get it. 

What Fox Sports are you not getting? As noted, Directv and Fox reached a new agreement last week.

The new agreement does not include 12 Mission-owned Fox stations (and 13 other network affiliates) which were removed from DIRECTV on October 21 due to a separate carriage dispute.

I share davidwpaul's frustration. My local Fox station has been blacked out for months now. It was also blacked out when I had Uverse a few months ago, and is still blacked out now that I have DirecTv Stream.

I do still have access to FS1 though, which is nice I suppose but it would be great if I could also watch regular Fox, because as was pointed out - I'm paying for it and not receiving it. I've missed out on alot of sports lately because of that.

@Juniper 

There is no guarantee of any specific local being available. Channels and the programming on them can change at any time as TV providers don't own them. A package including locals doesn't mean any specific one will always be there, so you just pay for local access in general.

I'm sorry, but this is nonsense. There is a guarantee of sorts, if not an outright guarantee, when local channels are advertised as being part of your tv package. Especially when its mentioned explicitly in all promotional materials, including by the salesmen if you talk to them on the phone like I did.

I understand that Mission is primarily at fault since they are being a bunch of greedy turds that are hurting the Fox brand regionally (perhaps nationally?) with their behavior, but I fully reject the notion that DirecTv is not also partially at fault. They are advertising a channel or group of channels and then not providing them. Yes, it is somewhat out of their hands, but they could provide a substitute channel, or package, or some other sort of compensation like a discounted rate while that channel is unavailable.

Also, no one pays for local access in general. At least I didn't, and I suspect davidwpaul didn't either. They advertise ALL local channels, not SOME local channels. That is what we are paying for. ALL. LOCAL. CHANNELS. As advertised. As was quoted to me over the phone by the nice Canadian sales folks. 

Look, I understand what AT&T, DirecTv, Comcast, etc are going through when they are negotiating with scum like Mission, and I have some amount of sympathy for them. But my patience and sympathy are not unlimited and excuses like "well, there is no guarantee about a specific channel..." just doesn't cut it with me.

It is frustrating when local affiliates pull the feed to use us customers as leverage for higher rates, but that is how the TV industry is.

Yes. Yes it is. Hopefully it will backfire. I guess time will tell. So far it hasn't.

As a note, this is the section of the forum for DirecTV (satellite), not DIRECTV STREAM, though essentially the same info applies for local negotiations. Channel is back when the local owner allows it.

I didn't notice that this was the satellite section, just that this guy was frustrated by the same thing I am so I started reading to see if there was some new info here that I wasn't aware of.

But yeah, no difference really as the same applies to DirecTv Stream, AT&T, Comcast, Fidelity, etc... I've been though the same thing with AT&T and Comcast before in the past with different channels (can't recall if Mission was involved in those too or not) but they managed to get it resolved shortly after I (and many others I'm sure) called and complained and threatened to drop the service if they didn't get it resolved before college football season.

Honestly, had I known that Fox was blacked out on DirecTv and I would continue to miss out on important college football games, I wouldn't have switched over to this service unless they offered me some free upgraded sports package that also had the same football games that Fox was broadcasting so I wouldn't miss out.

Read the TOS that states programming and channels can change at anytime so there is no guarantee.

I'm in new orleans I haven't been able to get FS1 for about 2 or 3 weeks now....I hope it does come back