-
Get involved.
We want your input!
Apply for Membership and join the conversations about everything related to broadcasting.
After we receive your registration, a moderator will review it. After your registration is approved, you will be permitted to post.
If you use a disposable or false email address, your registration will be rejected.
After your membership is approved, please take a minute to tell us a little bit about yourself.
https://www.radiodiscussions.com/forums/introduce-yourself.1088/
Thanks in advance and have fun!
RadioDiscussions Administrators
The Programming Disputes Thread
- Thread starter mvcg66b3r
- Start date
Antenna Man leans toward siding with Dish and DirecTV every time a dispute like this comes up, but ignores the fact that they're just as greedy and guilty in the problem as Nexstar and Tegna. But any other time he talks about how greedy Dish and DirecTV and Cable systems are.
Last edited:
Also Antenna Man's idea that you can just get a TV antenna on your roof is a viable solution to get around disputes. Umm that idea is becoming outdated given that newer TV's pick up wifi signals and not so much OTA signals given some newer TV's settings though. Also one can look at various competing apps to go around the dispute. I remember reading that Locast is used to pick up OTA signals via WiFi streams too so things have changed over the past few years.
True too some of the statements that antenna man is saying such as get an OTA antenna is outdated given that newer TV's are internet connected. Also OTA TV has been through spectrum reallocation in the past few years to make way for 5G in some parts of the country.
DIRECTV & Dish vs. Local Channels: Who's to Blame? - The TV Answer Man!
Q. I am outraged like everyone else at losing my local channels on DIRECTV. But my question is who should I be angry at? Is this DIRECTV’s fault? Or my local channel? — Debra, Upper Marlboro, Maryland. Debra, as you know, DIRECTV on Monday lost approximately 60 local TV stations due to a...
tvanswerman.com
In this article there is a statement that some of the disputes that have been there can be rooted in a bill that was passed in 1992 called the retransmission concent act over how tv providers and Content creators carry out contracts.
Dish has issued a new statement with their dispute against Nexstar.
DIRECTV & Dish vs. Local Channels: Who's to Blame? - The TV Answer Man!
Q. I am outraged like everyone else at losing my local channels on DIRECTV. But my question is who should I be angry at? Is this DIRECTV’s fault? Or my local channel? — Debra, Upper Marlboro, Maryland. Debra, as you know, DIRECTV on Monday lost approximately 60 local TV stations due to a...
In this article there is a statement that some of the disputes that have been there can be rooted in a bill that was passed in 1992 called the retransmission concent act over how tv providers and Content creators carry out contracts.
It's the cause of all the disputes, and it goes along with what I've said about both sides being equally greedy and guilty.
It really irritates me that Dish is trying to use the pandemic to get support from customers. If anything both sides should be putting their negotiations on hold for now, and that also applies for DirecTV.
But in the world of free enterprise and capitalism, is "greed" even definable when it comes to the actions of corporations? If the corporation's aim is to be more successful and make money for itself and its investors, what constitutes too much success, too much money?
Streaming will have to accelerate sometime in this decade to avoid these disputes though given that you have Disney+, Paramount +, Peacock, Tubi and Pluto going direct to consumer by promoting their TV Streaming apps. The Issue here is does Nexstar, Scripps Sunbeam Sinclair, Tegna, Hearst, Meredith, Gray, Allen Media, COX, News Press Gazette and others that own local TV Stations that are dependent on the Cable carriage fees have a feasible and viable plan to adapt to the streaming age that is yet to be seen here.
Comcast to Drop Local Stations in 38 Markets with Dual Access to Network Affiliates
Move, which takes place Dec. 22, impacts Hearst-owned stations
www.nexttv.com
Hill Dems Weigh In on Comcast Plan to Drop Hearst Stations
Massachusetts legislators call on Comcast and Hearst to negotiate in good faith
www.nexttv.com
Xfinity to drop Hearst owned stations in certain counties on December 22nd. Part of this is to reduce carriage costs for some parts of the country. Also I get in the case of Comcast I understand why they are dropping KCRA-TV (Hearst owned NBC Affiliate from Sacramento) from the line up in Solano County, CA its to protect the NBC owned venues such as Peacock and KNTV the Bay Area NBC Affiliate in which parts of Solano County is considered in the Bay Area TV market.
Last edited:
Updated: Dish Now Missing 236 Channels Due to Fee Fights - The TV Answer Man!
Dish is now without at least 236 channels due to eight different carriage battles that span from last Wednesday to 25 months ago. The blacked-out channels include 212 local network affiliates, and 24 premium or regional sports networks. The oldest fight dates back to November 2018 when Dish, and...
tvanswerman.com
Here is the list of Disputes Dish is in as of December 2020.
I think that we can agree that even if you don't consider it greed, both sides are still equally guilty.
That can't happen soon enough. The reception sucks
Comcast May Drop Plan to Remove 35 Local Channels - The TV Answer Man!
Comcast last month posted a notice at its web site that 35 local channels in 38 different markets would be dropped on December 22, 2020. However, the cable operator has updated the message to say the 35 channels “may” be removed, and that it’s now negotiating with the stations’ owner, Hearst...
tvanswerman.com
Comcast is in negotiations with Hearst Television to avoid a dispute.
Yes, but for the moment they are still operating.
HBO has 7 channels.Updated: Dish Now Missing 236 Channels Due to Fee Fights - The TV Answer Man!
Dish is now without at least 236 channels due to eight different carriage battles that span from last Wednesday to 25 months ago. The blacked-out channels include 212 local network affiliates, and 24 premium or regional sports networks. The oldest fight dates back to November 2018 when Dish, and...
Here is the list of Disputes Dish is in as of December 2020.
DIRECTV vs. Tegna: Could a U.S. Senator End the Blackout? - The TV Answer Man!
Q. Is there anything new in the fight with DIRECTV and Tegna? I have been without my CBS station here in Spokane for a week now. Do you see anything that suggests it will end soon? — Teresa, Spokane, Washington. Teresa, AT&T’s TV services, which include DIRECTV and U-verse, have been missing 60...
tvanswerman.com