DISH and Cox Media Group reach agreement

[Scott Greczkowski]

DISH and Cox Media Group reach multi-year carriage agreement, restore local Cox stations for DISH customers

ENGLEWOOD, Colo., December 13, 2020 – DISH today has reached a multi-year agreement with Cox Media Group, owned by Apollo Global Management, for carriage of its local Northwest stations. This agreement also restores local Cox stations for DISH customers, including:

● WSB-TV, Channel 2 (ABC, Atlanta, GA)
● WFXT-TV, Channel 25 (Fox, Boston, MA)
● WSOC-TV, Channel 9 (ABC, Charlotte, NC)
● WAXN-TV, Channel 64 (IND, Charlotte, NC)
● WHIO-TV, Channel 7 (CBS, Dayton, OH)
● WFOX-TV, Channel 30 (Fox, Jacksonville, FL)
● WFOX2-TV, Channel 32 (MNT, Jacksonville, FL)
● WHBQ-TV, Channel 13 (Fox, Memphis, TN)
● WFTV-TV, Channel 9 (ABC, Orlando, FL)
● WRDQ-TV, Channel 27 (IND, Orlando, FL)
● WPXI-TV, Channel 11 (NBC, Pittsburgh, PA)
● KIRO-TV, Channel 7 (CBS, Seattle, WA)
● KOKI-TV, Channel 23 (Fox, Tulsa, OK)
● KMYT-TV, Channel 41 (MNT, Tulsa, OK)

Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.


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[spacenerd]

DISH and Cox Media Group reach multi-year carriage agreement, restore local Cox stations for DISH customers

ENGLEWOOD, Colo., December 13, 2020 – DISH today has reached a multi-year agreement with Cox Media Group, owned by Apollo Global Management, for carriage of its local Northwest stations. This agreement also restores local Cox stations for DISH customers, including:

● WSB-TV, Channel 2 (ABC, Atlanta, GA)
● WFXT-TV, Channel 25 (Fox, Boston, MA)
● WSOC-TV, Channel 9 (ABC, Charlotte, NC)
● WAXN-TV, Channel 64 (IND, Charlotte, NC)
● WHIO-TV, Channel 7 (CBS, Dayton, OH)
● WFOX-TV, Channel 30 (Fox, Jacksonville, FL)
● WFOX2-TV, Channel 32 (MNT, Jacksonville, FL)
● WHBQ-TV, Channel 13 (Fox, Memphis, TN)
● WFTV-TV, Channel 9 (ABC, Orlando, FL)
● WRDQ-TV, Channel 27 (IND, Orlando, FL)
● WPXI-TV, Channel 11 (NBC, Pittsburgh, PA)
● KIRO-TV, Channel 7 (CBS, Seattle, WA)
● KOKI-TV, Channel 23 (Fox, Tulsa, OK)
● KMYT-TV, Channel 41 (MNT, Tulsa, OK)

Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.


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WHIO Dayton is back but image is pixelated. Anybody else notice this?

 

[fmj77]

I just noticed my Charlotte ABC channel was back. Lost it in July and never thought Dish would ever reach an agreement.

 

[rickmyers]

WHIO Dayton is back but image is pixelated. Anybody else notice this?

Yep, mine too

 

[eddie willers]

There is so little I care about on networks, I didn't miss it. But entertainment shows and sports are two different things. Only last night did I see that the Notre Dame/Clemson game was on the taken down ABC affiliate here in Atlanta.

I did all my research on Locast and was going to sign up Friday. May still pull the trigger anyway and drop my Dish locals add on.

 

[Joe Capitano]

Around here in Western WA it's a good thing Cox and dish made nice. The Jets@Seahawks game at "The Lighthouse" (the former "Clink") is a CBS game this week. Tomorrow, my morning routine returns to normal as LMAD and Price are back. Yay.

 

[thomasjk]

One down one to go. Hopefully the Nexstar dispute won't last 6 months.

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[Ray_Clum]

What I’m unsure of is which of those stations are actually in the Northwest...

 

[pattykay]

What I’m unsure of is which of those stations are actually in the Northwest...

I think the list in the first post are the Cox Media Group stations. "Northwest" is the name of the other company that previously owned the remaining Cox stations that were already restored earlier this month. These had been two separate station groups before they merged, and Apollo took over. Apparently, Apollo didn't like Dish's existing deals (reached before the merger) for carrying those stations, since Dish agreed to higher rates for the Northwest stations than they were paying for the Cox Media Group stations. So, Apollo pulled permission for Dish to carry all of the stations, to force Dish to renegotiate. Dish then sued Apollo, since Dish had already had long-term agreements in place to carry those stations. Since the two station groups returned to Dish at different times, that may indicate one of two things:

• The two station groups are still being carried under separate contracts, instead of being combined into a single contract, or...
• As a result of the lawsuit, Apollo was forced to restore Dish's permission to carry one of the station groups, before they finally reached a long-term deal for all of the stations they own.