Dish Network/Singclair Retrans Fight Gets Nasty
There seems to be more than what meets the eye in the Dish Network/Sinclair retransmission fee spat. Online sources report Dish Network claims Sinclair Broadcasting is refusing to negotiate unless the deal includes 32 stations that it doesn’t own. Sinclair has management agreements with those stations, which are commonplace for local stations. Dish says that is a direct violation of the STELA Reauthorization Act of 2014, and asked the FCC to intervene.
Hmmmm.......Don't ya love big media companies.
Dish
claims that Sinclair is insisting it be allowed to negotiate for 32
stations it does not own in markets where it had other stations.
According to Dish, if an agreement is not reached, it has the potential
to be the largest retrans blackout in history, covering 153 stations in
79 markets. - See more at:
http://www.multichannel.com/news/fcc/dish-sinclair-extend-talks/393028#sthash.LxC0pTL7.dpuf
ish filed a complaint with the Federal Communications Commission
on Saturday, claiming Sinclair was not negotiating in good faith and
asked the FCC to intervene in the talks. Dish’s retrans agreement was
set to expire at 11:59 p.m. on Saturday.
Dish claims that Sinclair is insisting it be allowed to negotiate for 32 stations it does not own in markets where it had other stations. According to Dish, if an agreement is not reached, it has the potential to be the largest retrans blackout in history, covering 153 stations in 79 markets.
- See more at: http://www.multichannel.com/news/fcc/dish-sinclair-extend-talks/393028#sthash.LxC0pTL7.dpuf
Dish claims that Sinclair is insisting it be allowed to negotiate for 32 stations it does not own in markets where it had other stations. According to Dish, if an agreement is not reached, it has the potential to be the largest retrans blackout in history, covering 153 stations in 79 markets.
- See more at: http://www.multichannel.com/news/fcc/dish-sinclair-extend-talks/393028#sthash.LxC0pTL7.dpuf
ish filed a complaint with the Federal Communications Commission
on Saturday, claiming Sinclair was not negotiating in good faith and
asked the FCC to intervene in the talks. Dish’s retrans agreement was
set to expire at 11:59 p.m. on Saturday.
Dish claims that Sinclair is insisting it be allowed to negotiate for 32 stations it does not own in markets where it had other stations. According to Dish, if an agreement is not reached, it has the potential to be the largest retrans blackout in history, covering 153 stations in 79 markets.
- See more at: http://www.multichannel.com/news/fcc/dish-sinclair-extend-talks/393028#sthash.LxC0pTL7.dpuf
Dish claims that Sinclair is insisting it be allowed to negotiate for 32 stations it does not own in markets where it had other stations. According to Dish, if an agreement is not reached, it has the potential to be the largest retrans blackout in history, covering 153 stations in 79 markets.
- See more at: http://www.multichannel.com/news/fcc/dish-sinclair-extend-talks/393028#sthash.LxC0pTL7.dpuf
posted by ATN @ 9:40 AM
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