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DirecTV, Dish reportedly close to merger deal

Dish and DirecTV are reportedly once again close to a deal for a merger.

Dish, Hearst embroiled in carriage dispute

Dish is in yet another carriage dispute, this time with Hearst.

Cox local affiliates go dark on Dish, impacting World Cup, NFL, CFB and more in nine markets

This dispute impacts Dish customers in Atlanta, Boston, Seattle, Pittsburgh and more.

DISH, Sinclair reach temporary extension amidst carriage negotiations

These carriage disputes tend to follow a pretty predictable pattern ahead of football season.

With Sinclair local affiliate dispute looming, Dish’s Charlie Ergen says “We don’t have any customers calling us on RSNs”

"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."

Dish’s latest contract dispute is with Capitol Broadcasting, which owns the NBC and Fox affiliates in Raleigh

"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."

Dish Network, Nexstar resolve carriage dispute, restoring local channels in several top 20 TV markets

Top 20 markets including Tampa, Denver, and Cleveland subscribers were affected.

New York Attorney General calls for refunds to cable and satellite subscribers paying fees for live sports

"It is grossly unfair that cable and satellite television providers would continue to charge fees for services they are not even providing."

Dish is reportedly trying to avoid paying ESPN $80-100 million in per-subscriber fees for April

With no live sports on ESPN, Dish is reportedly trying to withhold the per-subscriber fees they'd normally pay Disney for ESPN channels.

Charlie Ergen calls Dish merger with DirecTV “inevitable,” makes overture to Sinclair RSNs after first Sling TV subscriber loss

"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 now won’t simulcast Thursday Night Football Rams-Seahawks game at all thanks to Dish/Fox dispute

NFL Network is no longer showing the Rams-Seahawks Thursday Night Football game thanks to Fox's dispute with Dish.

Texans’ loss to Panthers on Fox pulls in less Houston viewers than Cowboys-Saints on NBC, with Dish-Fox dispute a factor

Panthers-Texans averaged 436,000 households on Houston Fox affiliate KRIV, while Cowboys-Saints averaged 461,000 households on Houston NBC affiliate KPRC.

Dish’s Charlie Ergen says “It doesn’t look good that the regional sports will ever be on Dish again.”

It doesn't look like the former Fox RSNs will return to Dish any time soon.

Fox RSNs go dark on Dish and Sling TV, causing issues for many MLB fans, and the sides are now reportedly “far apart”

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.

Dish/Sling TV agree to temporary extension to keep Fox RSNs, FX, and National Geographic

The agreement between the sides expired Sunday, but they've worked out a temporary deal. Will a longer one follow?

ACC Network approaches launch with no Comcast/Dish/Charter deals; is league optimism further deals will happen justified?

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.

ESPN hoping public pressure will force big cable to pick up ACC Network

ESPN hopes fans will force providers like Comcast and Charter to pick up the ACC Network. We shall see

It’s the new year, and that means it’s time for another rate hike for Comcast, Dish, and DirecTV subscribers

Pay TV companies are raising rates, even as cord cutting becomes more popular.

The latest carriage dispute has Univision off Dish and Sling TV, with OTT streaming service Univision Now playing a role

A notable part of this fight is about Univision's direct-to-consumer streaming service, Univision Now.

DISH and CBS reach carriage agreement in time for Iron Bowl after missing Thanksgiving Cowboys vs. Chargers game

The agreement comes after Thursday's Cowboys-Chargers game, but ahead of Saturday's Iron Bowl.

Dish and CBS overrun with angry tweets from those who can’t watch Cowboys-Chargers

Plenty are outraged a carriage dispute is keeping them from watching the Cowboys and Chargers on Thanksgiving.

CBS and Dish “far apart” on deal, so Thanksgiving Cowboys-Chargers game and Iron Bowl may be blacked out in 14 big markets

Dish subscribers in 14 of the biggest markets around the country no longer have access to CBS, just in time for Thursday's Thanksgiving Cowboys-Chargers game and Saturday's Iron Bowl.

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