DISH, Sinclair reach temporary extension amidst carriage negotiations
These carriage disputes tend to follow a pretty predictable pattern ahead of football season.
These carriage disputes tend to follow a pretty predictable pattern ahead of football season.
"We don’t have any customers calling us on RSNs today. ...We’re not interested in taxing our customers when they don’t watch the channels."
"We are asking to be paid market rate for our programming so we can pay the affiliation fees required by NBC and FOX. This isn’t about greed, it’s about survival for our small, locally owned media company."
Top 20 markets including Tampa, Denver, and Cleveland subscribers were affected.
"It is grossly unfair that cable and satellite television providers would continue to charge fees for services they are not even providing."
With no live sports on ESPN, Dish is reportedly trying to withhold the per-subscriber fees they'd normally pay Disney for ESPN channels.
"The growth in TV is not coming from linear TV providers, but from huge programmers. You just can't swim upstream against a real tide of big players."
NFL Network is no longer showing the Rams-Seahawks Thursday Night Football game thanks to Fox's dispute with Dish.
Panthers-Texans averaged 436,000 households on Houston Fox affiliate KRIV, while Cowboys-Saints averaged 461,000 households on Houston NBC affiliate KPRC.
It doesn't look like the former Fox RSNs will return to Dish any time soon.
After a temporary extension Sunday, the Fox RSNs have now gone dark on Dish and Sling TV. And the sides don't seem close to a deal.
The agreement between the sides expired Sunday, but they've worked out a temporary deal. Will a longer one follow?
The ACC Network's current announced deals only cover about 20 million homes, although more are expected by launch. But there are still some big holdouts, including Comcast, Dish, and Charter.