Tulsa and OKC locals from Griffin Communications on clock with Dish now

[sam_gordon]

OK. I disagree.

 

[osu1991]

OK. I disagree.

Good we can finally agree that you disagree.

 

[osu1991]

Rumors are that they have agreed to terms and are just waiting on the legal departments to approve the contract language.

 

[A_Noland]

Where do you hear these rumors?

 

[osu1991]

Where do you hear these rumors?

I have friends at Griffin

 

[soaphauler]

I figure if any news breaks on this, it will be posted HERE first. Thanks for the info.

 

[osu1991]

probably the uplink report will kick something out before any press releases.

 

[osu1991]

 

[mdonnelly]

Well good. That's done. It frees up my OTA tuner for something else.

 

[osu1991]

someone at Channel 6 released it too soon. It' not finalized yet. They've agreed to terms though.

 

[A_Noland]

Too bad we never know who really blinked.

 

[kenny9966]

Too bad we never know who really blinked.

Dish wouldnt blink for Fox News so I highly doubt they would blink for a relatively small local CBS Market(s).

 

[osu1991]

I hear it's going very very slow. I really thought from what I heard this morning they would be back up this evening, should have known better since Griffin wouldn't grant the extension earlier.

 

[A_Noland]

I hear it's going very very slow. I really thought from what I heard this morning they would be back up this evening, should have known better since Griffin wouldn't grant the extension earlier.

Any updates from your contacts?

 

[osu1991]

Any updates from your contacts?

Haven't asked. We have several cases in court today, so I'm stuck in OKC and only have a few minutes.

 

[sam_gordon]

Dish wouldnt blink for Fox News so I highly doubt they would blink for a relatively small local CBS Market(s).

I'm guessing they ALL blinked... Fox News came down, Dish went up in their dispute and the same for a local. It's called "compromise".

 

[MattG@DISH]

We are pleased to announce that we are very close to reaching an agreement with Griffin Licensing and are very hopeful that all channels owned by them will be restored in the next few days. We sincerely appreciate your patience as we work towards an agreement.

 

[soaphauler]

I cant even get an email through to Griffin Communications. You would think if they are an Oklahoma base company that they would serve the needs of Oklahomans. I hope this doesn't go on too many more days. As Ive said before, in all my years with Dish, I have never seen a local go dark.

 

[bluegras]

check the uplink report just a little while ago looks like they were just added back.some great news there

 

[soaphauler]

Sure did!! Glad to see.