Charlie had said they he expected to pay DOUBLE his current fees for Fox News because it was the all news ratings leader. Now it looks like he is paying less than double, but a compromise to bring Fox Business down to a lower package. While there are more details, this deal is just another that is good for both Dish and Fox. However, considering Fox isn't getting as much as it could have for Fox News, it is clear that once again the channels need the MVPD's more than the other way around. Sure, 20 years ago it was the MVPD's who desperately needed the fewer channels that existed back then, but the last 10 years has seen the MVPD's able to wait out a channel taken down than the channels can bear the immediate and significant drop in fees from that MVPD and the equally immediate and significant drop in advertising revenue. It was Murdoch who blinked first, still no triumphant news from Fox on Sports1 most likely because Fox had to abandon working that channel into the News and Business negotiations. I suppose one could say that Fox lost but only for trying for something it should never have done: used News and Business to leverage a new contract for Sports1 that already had a valid contract that Fox agreed to in "good faith."
But, in the end nobody really lost or won. It was another disagreement between a Pay-TV service and a content provider and Fox did well and Dish came out better than what was expected. That's business.