As I've said in earlier threads, look at the numbers. Dish generally pays about $.20/month/channel/lil subscriber. With 4 networks being carried, that's $.80/mo/lil subscriber.

A .30/channel represents a 50% increase. Figure if DISH caved, the other stations would follow suit. IF the negotiated rate was for people actually subscribing to the LIL package, DISH would now be paying $1.20 in royalties. They are only charging $5/mo for locals and they need to pay expenses for uplink, transponder space, the tech that monitors the channel at the uplink center and the tech that handles the head end in the lil city.

I would bet they are barely breaking even on LiL as it stands, and a $.40/mo/subscriber is a significant expense. It becomes worse if Navychop's scenario is considered and Young is demanding $.30/mo for every dish subscriber in a Young Broadcasting zipcode, regardless if the subscriber chooses LiL.

One other factor. Is Young asking $.30 for the SD and another $.30 for the HD channel where applicable?