Fisher Communications Channels are BACK on Dish!

[skihoodoo]

looks like it is time for dish to be in a program despute with Fisher Communications.
KATU (2) (ABC) Portland, OR just announced that after today (DEC 17) that if a new agreement is not reached ch 2 will not be on dish

http://www.katu.com/about/36310734.html

 

[pabeader]

good, get rid of them. all local stations should go the way of the dinosaurs!!!

A plauge on the face of satellite for ever carrying them in the first place!!!

 

[dms]

:up

 

[dangue]

good, get rid of them. all local stations should go the way of the dinosaurs!!!

A plauge on the face of satellite for ever carrying them in the first place!!!

Except that most viewing occurs on those stations. If satellite couldn't carry the major networks, most people wouldn't find them competitive with local cable.

 

[nomadr]

Link to the Boise, ID, Fisher Station announcement: DISH Network may lose carriage of KBCI | KBCI CBS 2 - News, Weather and Sports - Boise, ID Boise, Idaho | CBS 2 TV

And here is the Wiki: [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisher_Communications"]Fisher Communications - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia@@AMEPARAM@@/wiki/File:Fisherlogo.png" class="image"><img alt="Fisherlogo.png" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0d/Fisherlogo.png"@@AMEPARAM@@en/0/0d/Fisherlogo.png[/ame]. All of their stations are in the NW except Bakersfield, CA...

Appearently someone in Seattle thinks they have more clout then they really do.


-R

 

[levibluewa]

11 PM PT -- SEATTLE SHUT-OFF????

4 - KOMO -- General Manager has been on saying that DISHs contract ends tonight at 11PM and that the signal will be shut-off without a resolution.

Not sure if it's just KOMO (ABC) or if other stations are effected.

 

[cebbigh]

Oh no! With Ciel 2 doing so well, I just placed an order to come back to Dish.

 

[JAG72]

Here are all the stations that are owned by FISHER COMMUNICATIONS, INC

TELEVISION STATIONS

Seattle, WA Market
KOMO TV—ABC
KUNS TV—Univision

Portland, OR Market
KATU TV—ABC
KUNP TV—Univision
KUNP LP—Univision

Boise, ID Market
KBCI TV—CBS
KUNB LP—Telefutura

Eugene, OR Market
KVAL TV—CBS

Coos Bay, OR Market
KCBY TV—CBS

Roseburg, OR Market
KPIC TV—CBS

Yakima, WA Market
KIMA TV—CBS
KKFQ-CA—Univision

Tri Cities, WA Market
KEPR TV—CBS
KORX-CA—Univision
KVVK-CA—Univision

Idaho Falls, ID Market
KIDK TV—CBS

Pocatello, ID Market
KPPP LP—Telefutura

Lewiston, ID Market
KLEW TV—CBS


Bakersfield, CA Market
KBAK-TV (CBS)
KBFX-CA (FOX)

 

[levibluewa]

Guess...

we'd better not cancel Directv!

 

[8bitbytes]

Looks like all the little media groups mrebroadcast contracts are up with DIsh and they arre trying to run up the cost to Dish. Dish has already forced one group to get real after shutting their stations off for a few days.

Just hang in there, they will be back on soon. Call your local station and their advertisers and tell them you don't agree with demanding more than the standard market rate everyone else is paying.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

You guys didn't read my MultiChannel column today... did you?

Yet Another Dispute For Dish Network - The Satellite Dish - Blog on Multichannel News

 

[8bitbytes]

Link to the Boise, ID, Fisher Station announcement: DISH Network may lose carriage of KBCI | KBCI CBS 2 - News, Weather and Sports - Boise, ID Boise, Idaho | CBS 2 TV

WHAT MORONS! The article they posted says their IDAHO local audience is larger than the audience for CNN, Fox News, TNT, Disney, etc... and therefore deserve a fee equivalent to them.

Good luck tards!

 

[cebbigh]

we'd better not cancel Directv!

Actually I am going to cancel DTV. I have an install set up for both Fios and Dish. Dish for the DVR and Fios for the channels that Dish doesn't get. Pretty much the same thing you are doing now with Dish and DTV.

 

[navychop]

we'd better not cancel Directv!

I suspect D* will be taking a harder line with locals in the future, too. Certainly recent announcements from them indicate an increased awareness of, and attention to, the bottom line.

Satcos and cablecos have some leverage here. If the local station is dropped, their audience size decreases, and then their ad revenues.

 

[navychop]

You're right, that really is over the top.

I must add, I think people are watching traditional NETWORK shows, and very little of what the actual "local" stations produce. Local news is of interest, but that's where local stations seem to be cutting the most. Local weather is maybe covered better by weather.com and others.

OTA is under threat, and may fade away. ABC, NBC, and CBS can survive by directly marketing to satcos and cablecos. Can't today, but things change.

 

[whatchel1]

Not enough

Unless Fisher starts pulling most of it's station off E* then it will be just a waiting game. Thing is they are bitching about not getting paid: last I knew you either go for must carry or get paid not both. I think they are testing the waters to see if they can get away with it and then push for it on all stations they have. don't think E* will budge for a while. It's gonna be reruns until at least Feb.

 

[sohel]

program despute

program despute with Fisher Communications.
KATU (2) (ABC) Portland, OR just announced that after today (DEC 17) that if a new agreement is not reached c

 

[Stargazer]

Maybe the reason why more stations have not tried anything is due to the fact that Dish Network does not let it happen to begin with. Local stations feel that they should get paid the same as national cable stations. From what I hear, network stations are losing ground on ratings.

 

[pdxsam]

Looks like all the little media groups mrebroadcast contracts are up with DIsh and they arre trying to run up the cost to Dish. Dish has already forced one group to get real after shutting their stations off for a few days.

That's a pretty blind statement to just assume that Young caved into Dish. None of us know what the outcome of that was, just as we don't know what the sticking points are with Fisher Communications. We all know Dish wants retrans for no money and the TV Groups aren't having any of it.

It's simply business. Unfortunately in the last three instances Dish subs are affected. This also happened recently with cable. Oddly, I haven't heard anything like this happening with DirecTv in a long time. I suspect that will change in the very near future.

 

[ericha]

I believe that the biggest reason that local stations are important is that you can only get network programming through them. That's because that's the law. I believe that's because local TV advertising can make or break congressional campaigns, and possibly presidential campaigns--this gives the NAB lots of power in Congress. One of the arguments that gets made is that local stations support local news and emergency communication. This is somewhat true.