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The Programming Disputes Thread

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/09/07/why-some-youtube-stars-are-angry-at-the-platform.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aGkN-JlURI

Yes even contract disputes affect some Youtube content and its over the definition of Advertiser Friendly content. Allegations of censorship is at play too.

http://www.recode.net/2016/9/4/12795214/youtube-demonetization-explainer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRP735DPdJw

http://www.recode.net/2016/4/11/11586030/youtube-google-dmca-riaa-cary-sherman

heres a previous contract dispute between Youtube and in that case the recording industry over that deal.
 
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DIRECTV Ends Fee Fight With Heartland

DIRECTV has ended its five-week-old dispute with Heartland Media and the broadcaster has returned its eight network affiliates to the satcaster's lineup.

Heartland removed the eight stations from DIRECTV on August 10 when the two companies could not reach a new carriage pact.

But the stations posted a notice at their web sites yesterday saying a new agreement had been reached.

"WTVA thanks DIRECTV subscribers for their patience and support over the past several weeks," the Tupelo, Mississippi ABC affiliate stated.
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http://www.tvpredictions.com/directv091816.htm
 
Ironically, despite Scripps Networks being in disputes sometimes, the parent company, the TV stations of E.W. Scripps/Scripps-Howard (all the local ones), including WFTS, WPTV and the more recentry added WFTX.

Out of all the TV stations in Tampa Bay, WFTS-TV 28 a.k.a ABC Action News (excluding BN9, because it is local, but cable-only), has never, ever been in a retransmission dispute, not even from DISH!

How does Scripps do this?
 
MarcB said:
YES Network has been off COMCAST/XFINITY for 10 months. Is this one of the longest disputes ever?
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I don't think that dispute is ever going to be resolved so that would make it one of the longest disputes ever I guess. I know Dish several years ago dropped both MSG and SNY and I don't expect either channel to ever return and unfortunately the YES Comcast dispute seems to be going down the same road. Comcast took advantage of the Yankees entering at least a short down period to decide to play hardball. A few years ago there would have been no way they would have dropped YES even with the high rates that YES charges. What I do wonder is what will happen when the contracts other TV providers have with YES expire. It would not surprise me if some other TV providers follow Comcast's lead and drop YES as well. I am sure other TV providers have been paying very close attention to the Comcast YES dispute. All these companies care about is maximizing profits.They don't care at all about their customers.And the stations that always will be the most likely to be dropped are the sports channels because by far they are the most expensive channels the TV providers offer.
 
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I don't think that dispute is ever going to be resolved so that would make it one of the longest disputes ever I guess. I know Dish several years ago dropped both MSG and SNY and I don't expect either channel to ever return and unfortunately the YES Comcast dispute seems to be going down the same road. Comcast took advantage of the Yankees entering at least a short down period to decide to play hardball. A few years ago there would have been no way they would have dropped YES even with the high rates that YES charges. What I do wonder is what will happen when the contracts other TV providers have with YES expire. It would not surprise me if some other TV providers follow Comcast's lead and drop YES as well. I am sure other TV providers have been paying very close attention to the Comcast YES dispute. All these companies care about is maximizing profits.They don't care at all about their customers.And the stations that always will be the most likely to be dropped are the sports channels because by far they are the most expensive channels the TV providers offer.
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Dish Network dropping MSG and SNY and not even trying to get them back is a sign they've given up in the New York area. Also, Comcast isn't the major cable provider in the Tri-State area (TWC/Charter and Cablevision serve much more of that area and also I believe most of Comcast's NJ territory is in the Philadelphia market)
 
From what I have heard Yes is just extending existing agreements and not renegotiating for fear of being dropped. This is what they were doing with Comcast but Comcast decided to drop and force a renegotiation. I don't think Yes can risk asking for a higher price until the team really starts winning. I can't see ATT dropping them as they are a huge title sponsor with the team. What the other cable operators do will be interesting. It seems that Comcast was paying the highest rate.
 
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Dish Network dropping MSG and SNY and not even trying to get them back is a sign they've given up in the New York area. Also, Comcast isn't the major cable provider in the Tri-State area (TWC/Charter and Cablevision serve much more of that area and also I believe most of Comcast's NJ territory is in the Philadelphia market)
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Dish I think focuses on having lower prices than other TV providers and in order to do that they don't carry a lot of the sports channels which generally are the highest priced channels. If you care most about inexpensive TV service and aren't really a sports fan and are wiling to do without certain channels for an extended period of time if not forever then Dish might be for you. Otherwise you are probably better off purchasing your TV service from another provider.Wasn't their slogan at one time you pay less and get more? When in effect it should have been you pay less and get less. But it seems to me at just about anytime Dish is in a dispute with somebody.

You are right that Comcast does not have any cable systems in NYC. But they do have a number of cable systems in both New Jersey and CT that are in Yankees territory. I live in CT and am affected. This season I bought Sling TV just to be able to watch the Yankees. I have a Triple Play with Comcast. If it was just my TV I might have dropped them but it would be more of a headache to drop my Internet and phone. Also worried that if I switched my TV service I might be going down the same road in the near future and that provider might drop YES too. Don't want to deal with that. Anyway there doesn't seem to be a way or at least I can't find out when contracts expire between TV providers and networks. Am I right that most of these contracts are long term like for 6 or 7 years? So when a contract expires and a new agreement is reached you figure to have the channel for an extended period of time. And I do believe that Comcast is the number 1 TV provider in CT as far as number of customers go. Where I live Comcast is the only cable TV provider available to me but I would have Direct TV and Frontier as TV options because both of them carry the YES Network.
 
Don CT said:
From what I have heard Yes is just extending existing agreements and not renegotiating for fear of being dropped. This is what they were doing with Comcast but Comcast decided to drop and force a renegotiation. I don't think Yes can risk asking for a higher price until the team really starts winning. I can't see ATT dropping them as they are a huge title sponsor with the team. What the other cable operators do will be interesting. It seems that Comcast was paying the highest rate.
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Why would Comcast pay a higher rate than anybody else? That makes no sense. Have you heard of any specific agreements being extended? YES stressed when the dispute began that Comcast would have to pay what everybody else is paying. And since Cablevision and Time Warner are the biggest cable systems in Yankees territory it was those companies that determined the going rate. At least that was my understanding. I would think that when other agreements expire the TV providers might want to pay less than they do now because the value of YES to them is probably less now than when they signed the agreements. And the value of YES is almost 100% the Yankees games. It certainly isn't the Brooklyn Nets and the Michael Kay show. And the Yankees product on the field might be mediocre for at least the next few years unless they get lucky and find a few more Gary Sanchezes. It is common sense to think that the performance of sports teams affects how many people watch and listen to the games. And the Yankees for much of the season not only weren't winning but the product was as boring as heck. Until Sanchez and some of the other young players came up there was no reason for a lot of people to watch. Honestly watching the Yankees was about as much fun as watching paint dry. And this is coming from a Yankees fan. I watched almost every game and a lot of the time it was hard because the team was so boring.I believe the ratings of the games are down significantly this season. Some of it is because Comcast doesn't carry the games anymore but that is not the entire story.
 
Quote from mikedorb, "If you care most about inexpensive TV service and aren't really a sports fan and are wiling to do without certain channels for an extended period of time if not forever then Dish might be for you. Otherwise you are probably better off purchasing your TV service from another provider."

OR YOU CAN INSTALL AN OUTDOOR ANTENNA AND NEVER PAY FOR TV AGAIN.
PLUS THERE ARE MANY SITES ONLINE THAT STREAM MOVIES AND SPORTS FOR FREE.....
 
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Prescott Joe said:
Quote from mikedorb, "If you care most about inexpensive TV service and aren't really a sports fan and are wiling to do without certain channels for an extended period of time if not forever then Dish might be for you. Otherwise you are probably better off purchasing your TV service from another provider."

OR YOU CAN INSTALL AN OUTDOOR ANTENNA AND NEVER PAY FOR TV AGAIN.
PLUS THERE ARE MANY SITES ONLINE THAT STREAM MOVIES AND SPORTS FOR FREE.....
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Yes people these days have many more options and many are cutting the cord. At one time sports was the one thing that kept some people from cutting the cord but now there are more online options.
 
http://deadline.com/2016/10/charter...byron-allen-entertainment-studios-1201842079/ A lawsuit between Charter and Byron Allen


A federal judge today rejected a bid by Charter Communications to toss out a $10B racial discrimination lawsuit filed by Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios and the National Association of African-American Owned Media for “racial discrimination in contracting for television channel carriage.” The move comes five months after Comcast was granted dismissal from a separate $20B racial discrimination suit filed by Allen’s company in early 2015. “Defendant presents a two-pronged argument for why Plaintiff’s claim should … be dismissed,” Federal District Court Judge George Wu wrote today. “First, it argues that Plaintiffs have not eliminated — indeed, the FAC reveals — the possibility that the reasons for Defendant’s refusal to contract were not race-based at all, but were due to legitimate business considerations. Second, somewhat linked to that first argument, Defendant asserts that Plaintiff is required to demonstrate not just that racial animus was one contributing fact.”

The FCC also is a defendant in the lawsuit.

The plaintiffs’ lead counsel, Skip Miller of Miller Barondess LLP in Los Angeles, said today: “We have evidence of racial bias harbored by top level Charter executives with decision-making authority, and allege, in detail, the discriminatory treatment ESN suffered at the hands of these executives.” Said Allen: “This lawsuit was filed to provide distribution and real economic inclusion for 100% African American-owned media. The cable industry spends $70 billion a year licensing cable networks and 100% African American-owned media receives zero.”

Entertainment Studios and the NAAAOM are appealing the dismissal of their $20B suit against Comcast.
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