Disney sues Dish again

[cadasavi]

hi, somebody knows if it is true that we can get Disney Jr in French in the ANIK f1R in FTA (free) C-band ???

I live in Quebec so for my children it is ok in french or english disney jr.

 

[KAB]

hi, somebody knows if it is true that we can get Disney Jr in French in the ANIK f1R in FTA (free) C-band ???

I live in Quebec so for my children it is ok in french or english disney jr.

You should ask that question in the Free To Air forum.
http://www.satelliteguys.us/forums/24-Free-To-Air-(FTA)-Discussion

 

[jrbdmb]

Three possibilities I can think of:

1. Dish pays Starz a flat fee to ditribute the channel as a premium service. Dish paid the flat fee and is now giving many the service for free. Disney and Starz object to this.

2. Dish pays Starz a percentage of revenues it collects for the channels. Dish give the channel away, reducing revenue to Starz. Disney and Starz object to this.

3. Dish is paying whatever the wholesale cost of Starz for each sub, and then giving to subs for free. Disney and Starz object to this, but in this case they really don't have much of an argument.

 

[CK SatGuy]

Well Starz did lose the first-run rights to Disney movies starting in 2016 to Netflix. Wonder if the Dish freebie had anything to do with it. Even so, it makes this lawsuit pretty useless now.