Yes you are correct.Hate to be the one to tell you DirecTV has the same words in their contract.
I know what I signed it was also the same on C band. DirecTV has very little contract disputes over channels. Dishnet seems to be the one with all the issues.
I see history repeating itself here. It seems like c band all over again. First they added all kind of extra fees like Charlie did this year. Then channels were lost, currently happening with Dish. Next will be we cannot provide these anymore due to economic reasons. Then as the numbers dwindle to a point where Charlie throws in the towel. Buy hey it's Charlies way. He screwed up c band and now doing the same with his baby. I'm actually sitting back this time not being part of it and watching history repeat itself right before my eyes.
Just a thought but could Charlie be doing this so he
can increase his subscriber monthly payments to cost the same as Direct. I seem to remember that with C band that NPS's CEO said if they could get a certain amount each month things would get better. Face it Dish is not working for you guys they are just trying to make the profit they believe they should have and sticking the cost to the subscriber. They will hide behind all kind of lies and schemes to achieve what they want.
I'm not saying DirecTV is an angel, in the corporate world they are cut throats too. But they also know what they have to make to stay afloat and make there projected profits. They don't try to hide the cost, they just charge it. Take it or leave it. Charlie not being number one cut costs to suck in the cheapskates and now he's finding out he can't do it on that amount. So something has to give either channels go or rates increase. He would have done better to just charge more in the first place and not had to deal with this today. But then again were talking about Charlie Ergan here. He learned all the deceptive tricks from his days of gambling. Now he's gambling with his subscribers.