DISH and Sinclair extend contract talks (Update 8/25 Stations Removed)
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It was deregulation in 1996 that allowed this Sinclair monster to grow in the first place, and what has created the conglomerate bundles we are all now saying need to be broken up.
Im actually not against that. It's a business move that has worked in many models, and Sinclair can be the conglomerate they are... As long as there are options. Right now, they have the option to expand and extort with almost no accountability from the free market. By allowing imported stations, they are at the mercy of the free market, no matter how big they are. And I bet a few mom and pop shops wouldn't mind making some extra money on the import while Sinclair loses that revenue.
Dish should at least let us keep our guide on the OTA channel. That Sucks. They pay someone else for the guide. why do they remove it for the OTA ABC.
OK, I'll say it... they don't really have one aside from just getting more eyeballs on their product. So, are you willing to answer my question?
Simple, the consumers in most cases want their locals, the MVPD's want more customers and will negotiate for locals carriage as they have been, but the local affiliates have/had ZERO motivation to negotiate in good faith
Monopoly laws, HAW!!!
Heh... the free market. That's like saying the Easter Bunny will handle it. There is no such thing as a free market.
Absolutely not! If they want a conglomerate, there should be a price, and that price should be no asking for money (or at least in addition to whatever it actually costs to share their signal, if any) from sat/cable companies to rebroadcast the channels they already broadcast for free. You want to own 100 stations, that is the price.
But this is America and the people that matter the least are the consumers.
Lat time we lost our ABC here in Seattle (about 5 or 6 years ago) it took them about 9 months to come to an agreement and restore it. I sure hope it's not drawn out that long again.
I disagree. They still want/need viewers. More viewers = more ratings, more ratings = more ad dollars. It would be interesting to see how much money comes in via ad dollars vs. retransmission rates.
I agree with you there. Especially in very competitive markets (which both places I live the Tampa market and Hartford market are) it's important to keep viewers particularly for local news. I travel quite often and you can see the difference in markets that have put alot into their news and who they hire for the broadcasts. That's very expensive.
