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The Programming Disputes Thread

Jonathan7157 said:
The Tribune/Dish dispute, unsurprisingly is now the longest TV dispute, EVER, surpassing the CBS & CW O&O/TWC/BHN dispute that took out WTOG-TV in Tampa among other stations, like WCBS-TV in NYC! Wow, Dish, and you almost "secretly" threatened to blackout the Calkins trio after they merged with Raycom (who was in a dispute).

By the way, could've the Calkins trio (WWSB/WTXL/WAAY) been blacked out from Dish after they were sold to Raycom?
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The longest major one. There have been smaller ones (involving owners that own one or very few stations). The Buckeye/Sinclair dispute took WNWO off Toledo cable for something like six months, including the 2014 Winter Olympics (Toledo still got to see most of the marquee events via CBET, which was already carried prior to the WNWO dispute)
 
From Deadline.com:

Tribune Media: Dish Network Deal “Not Imminent” As Football Approaches

Dish Network subscribers shouldn’t get their hopes up that they’ll see Tribune Media’s 42 TV stations and WGN America any time soon, the broadcaster warns.

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In July, Dish CEO Charlie Ergen told analysts that WGNA has been a sticking point.

“It’s not a super popular channel for Dish customers,” he says. By negotiating for WGNA plus the broadcast stations “you end up with a wide gap and disparity in terms of where both companies see the values. So that takes a bit more art of compromise to figure that out. And that sometimes takes time.”
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WGN America needs to be revamped, starting with the network name.
 
JayR said:
From Deadline.com:

Tribune Media: Dish Network Deal “Not Imminent” As Football Approaches


Damn Tribune owned stations in some places like Iowa WHO-TV did an attack ad on Dish for not letting viewers in the area to watch the Olympics. Also Indianapolis Tribune did similar attack ads on Dish for not letting viewers see NFL preseason game with the colts.



WGN America needs to be revamped, starting with the network name.
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http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/local-tv/broadcasters-hit-road-great-antenna-giveaway/158924

Also this has happened in some parts of the country antenna give away are happening.
 
It looks like it would make sense to do separate deals for WGN America and the OTA Tribune stations, although with the way Dish does things that might not make things any better. :confused:
 
RadioPatrol said:
http://www.fiercecable.com/cable/showtime-now-third-network-to-sue-charter-over-licensing-fees. Update a new contract dispute has now come out ShowTime sues Charter over Licensing fees.
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Does that mean after the Charter deal is done (it already is, but when the Bright House name phases out (about when their naming rights has been lost to Charter and BHN Field becomes Charter/"Spectrum" Field and when BHN Stadium (UCF) becomes Charter/"Spectrum" Stadium), ShowTime, Univision, and WTVT-TV (FOX O&O) won't be available afterwards? WVEA-TV is owned by Entravision, so I don't know if they are affected, along with WFTT-TV (because they are half and half owned by Univsion & Entravision).
 
Wasn't Fisher vs. Dish 2009 longer than Tribune/Dish? That was 6 months and affected CBS and ABC affiliates throughout the northwest. Relatives had to get an indoor antenna to keep watching KIMA.
 
RadioPatrol said:
http://newson.us/partners/

But Wait Newson apps as of 2016 carries the contract rights to air Disney O&O's, Media General, Hearst, Raycom, Meredith, Tenga, Hubbard Local Newscasts for now. Newson is permitted to air newscasts from these people. Note ABC O&O's do not air their local ads and sports segements on NewsOn due to contract issues over what airs on apps. Sports Segments are property of ESPN app and League pass app this maybe one factor why ABC and Others cannot air highlights from the olympics and MLB.

Ads may be geoblocked and overwritten with Local Station promos and Newson promos for the app edition its subjected to contract issues too.

http://watchup.com/ Similar Policies are enforced by Watchup apps.

http://watchup.com/content/
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RadioPatrol: Do these sites carry the full local feeds though, not just news? Appeared to be just news programming to me. What I liked about FilmOn was I could turn it on anytime and watch Chicago stations just like someone in Naperville or Valparaiso, just on a computer rather than a television.
 
schmave said:
RadioPatrol: Do these sites carry the full local feeds though, not just news? Appeared to be just news programming to me. What I liked about FilmOn was I could turn it on anytime and watch Chicago stations just like someone in Naperville or Valparaiso, just on a computer rather than a television.
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Well Newson is an app that carries only full Newscasts from Hearst, Tenga, Media General,Raycom, ABC/Disney stations from various parts of the country. Note If you watch KABC's Eyewitness news you can watch the newscasts but commercials and sports may be banned due to (League Pass rights for sports) and (commercials are geoblocked due to advertiser contract reasons with the sponsor) they may be modified to show station promos and national ads instead in place of the blocked local ads.

Watchup shows news clip from CBS and others though.
 
So what happens when WWSB and the Calkins trio on Watchup when they go into Raycom ownership. Will Watchup take away WWSB from their lineup of station feeds?
 
That means Watchup users will no longer get WWSB News after Calkins gets acquired, right? And could have WWSB be taken away from Dish (during the Raycom dispute) as soon as the deal closes and the Calkins trio are now part of Raycom?
 
Comcast Beats Spanish-Language Broadcaster's Discrimination Complaint

Comcast got welcome news from the FCC on Friday when the media agency dismissed a complaint filed by Liberman Broadcasting Inc., the owner of Estrella TV.

Estrella was removed last year from Comcast's service in Houston, Denver and Salt Lake City after negotiations for carriage broke down. Afterwards, Liberman went to the FCC with the claim that Comcast, in a bid to boost affiliated networks Telemundo and NBC Universo, was committing program discrimination and violating Section 616 of the 1992 Cable Act.

Today, the FCC agreed with Comcast's contention that Liberman failed to establish a prima facie case of a program carriage violation because it has failed to prove that it is a “video programming vendor” within the meaning of the statute. The regulatory agency deems Liberman instead to be a "broadcast licensee."
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http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/comcast-beats-spanish-language-broadcasters-923340
 


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