DISH Comcast Dispute?

They are a monopoly used to throwing their weight around.... This is why the FCC needs to help create competition and keep them from controlling both content and distribution.....
The FCC or Congress if necessary, should prohibit MPVD's from owning any programming network.
 
http://www.latimes.com/entertainmen...c-threatens-blackout-dish-20160314-story.html



A blackout of NBC-owned TV stations and some of its cable channels is on the horizon for millions of Dish Network subscribers on Sunday if the two companies fail to ink a new carriage contract.

Los Angeles is Dish’s largest market with nearly 500,000 subscribers. But the blackout would affect millions of Dish customers around the country.

Without an agreement in place, Dish wouldn't be authorized to retransmit signals of 26 television stations owned by NBC — 10 NBC stations and 16 Telemundo stations — in such markets as New York City, Dallas, Chicago and Miami. The blackout would also affect NBC Universal’s cable channels: USA Network, Bravo, Syfy, MSNBC and CNBC.

“We are disappointed that Dish would deny its subscribers access to valuable programming on NBC, Telemundo, USA, Syfy, Bravo, CNBC, MSNBC and more,” NBC said in a statement. “NBCUniversal has the most-watched portfolio in the U.S. and on Dish systems, including the No. 1 broadcast network, the No. 1 cable entertainment network, and NBCUniversal is No. 1 in news and late-night television.”

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Dish and NBC have been negotiating a new contract for several weeks, but there has been little progress, according to a person close to NBC, so the company is worried they might soon reach an impasse.

The two sides have been clashing over several issues, including retransmission fees that NBC collects when pay-TV providers retransmit its station signals. Viewers who want access to NBC or Telemundo can watch the channels for free with an antenna.

The dispute is the latest dust-up between pay TV providers and programmers. Recent weeks have seen disputes between AT&T and Univision, as well as Comcast and Fox’s Yankee’s network YES.

Such clashes have increased as networks look to find ways to pay for rising programming costs. Programming fees, as a result, have increased in recent years. Most dramatic among the hikes have been the fees that broadcast stations, such as NBC, charge pay TV operators for the right to re-broadcast their signals.

Ten years ago, pay TV operators paid broadcasters $200 million in so-called retransmission fees. In 2015, that number had swelled to $6.3 billion and is expected to increase to nearly $9 billion by 2018, according to media research firm SNL Kagan.
 
Nothing indicates that NBCSN is part of this that I can see from the website.

In general, I could lose all those they list, with little harm, but Bravo and USA are pretty popular. And some probably like watching MSNBC as well. Losing NBCSN would be devastating (to me), but other than local NY RSNs, Dish hasn't permanently lost anything, so I won't lose any sleep over this until the EPL goes black.
It is the entire line up of the NBCU/Comcast channels....Which includes NBCSN
 
I was just going to post that. The rules were changed... thank the lobbyists that these media conglomerates have on board.

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The 1996 Telecommunications Act. I remember it well. :(
 
Lost Girl? Never heard of it....I'm certain the ratings are just screaming "renew this show!!!"....
Can't after 5 years it's the series finale , unless SyFy wants to take over production from Showcase and it actually is very popular world wide where it doesn't have a gazillion meaningless channels of junk for viewers to wade through.

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dish live 4k?

Sports bar mode is here

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