Tegna has resorted to calling DISH Network names due to not being able to reach a retransmission agreement. Here's the press release:
“TEGNA has worked hard over the course of months to reach a deal with
DISH. Our position has been simple: the same fundamental terms that
allowed us to reach deals with distributors nationwide should serve as
the basis for our deal with DISH. Rather than accepting that fair,
market-based approach, DISH has refused to reach an agreement and once
again is preventing its customers from accessing valued channels, even
as customers continue to pay for that content. Despite DISH’s repeated
efforts to blame programmers, the record is crystal clear – DISH is a
serial dropper of channels. It has been responsible for the largest
broadcast blackout in history and routinely drops valued cable and
broadcast channels. TEGNA, on the other hand, has never been in this
position before because we have always been able to reach fair
agreements with distributors without disrupting our viewers."
Channel 11 has blown up its facebook page with apologies to viewers. Of course it blames Dish for the impasse.