How many of those 180 contracts were just temporary truces to bring locals back during the height of the pandemic panic? Or temporary extensions of existing contracts, before reaching a long-term deal? For that matter, I assume that some kind of contracts had to be negotiated to authorize the free preview channels.
Five minutes could save you $5 on your Dish bill.
Five minutes could save you $5 on your Dish bill.
That should be their new slogan.
They have to cover the cost of that $5 credit somehow.*and lose 8 more channels due to contract disputes while on that 5 minute call.
Viacom and the nfl were the only true agreements since the temporary covid deals started. Another thing, nexstar is really only asking for $500 million more. But taking into account the companies they bought, such as tribune, really it’s barely an increase. It’s just now dish has to cut a big check to one company, instead of a bunch of little checks, that add up to a big check, across multiple companies. Almost like dish doesn’t have the cash on hand to actually pay. Which is probably why most of these agreements with rsn’s, hbo, and now half the damn locals are ending in multi month/year disputes. And the worst is yet to come. Old Charlie is going to stroke out when he sees Comcast’s and Disney’s initial offers.
I did wonder, if, when Dish claims "they're asking for a 500% increase" (whatever number they're spouting), if that was the TOTAL increase (which, more stations = more $$$), or the owners were truly asking for a 500% increase for each station.
Who's got the number of subscribers this covers?
Maybe have an iguana as their spokesman.Five minutes could save you $5 on your Dish bill.
That should be their new slogan.
5,399,999 subscribers
Thanks. Then something is off. Either the $1b or the term. Or I did my math wrong?
He was out of sync last night when I watched him. I think he presented Dish's side real well with the quotes from customers. See it all the time on Dish's Facebook page. I guess the people from Dish have given up answering the posts. But they were the company's standard answers anyway.
Here you go:
I posted that list specifically for that purpose. Note that it not only takes into account this dispute, but also all other known ongoing or possible upcoming disputes as best as I can tell from the available information. So, that eliminates a lot of other markets from making it onto that list. If you know where the spotbeams cover, then that list may work for you. If not, here is a list of markets on CONUS that are also on the no dispute list:
Nexstar dispute looming...
I think Howard was asking (after the Nexstar stations get pulled) how many markets still have all of their locals on Dish? In other words, how many people do not have to use OTA to get them? crodules is right: What I want to know is if you are paying for the locals and not using an OTA. For...www.satelliteguys.us
Baltimore, MD - 119 satellite - SD only
Casper, WY - 77 satellite - HD
Cincinnati, OH - 77 satellite - HD
Paducah, KY - 77 satellite - HD
May as well be missing 100% when you have someone in the house constantly complaining about it cause of missing shows and you never NEVER hear the end of it. So Yeah I'm missing a lot.
That still doesn't make the missing channel(s) worth more than the remaining channels. Sorry to see you're having domestic issues over the loss though. Is OTA or streaming not an option?
