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Gray versus Dish $$

fusejockey

fusejockey

It's a different system without Ch. 3, 5 & 44 on our expensive Dish subscription. We're located north of Prescott so thru the air is kinda' hit or miss.
The AZ Family stations have the most skilled professional news presentations.
We must watch Ch. 10 Fox with its mistake ridden news.
We want Ch. 3 News b/c we're paying top dollar for the Dish Hopper System. Also, as a Phoenix Suns fan since 1968, I want to see the games!!
Dagnabbit, I want a discount for this goofy Dish.
 
YouTube TV does the same thing. No local or regional (Vegas and Utah hockey) sports on Gray or Scripps independents. That means 3, 44, and 61 are channels non grata. But they don't Black out local games on network affiliates, which means Suns games on 5 and Diamondbacks games on 12 are OK.
 
KeithE4 said:
YouTube TV does the same thing. No local or regional (Vegas and Utah hockey) sports on Gray or Scripps independents. That means 3, 44, and 61 are channels non grata. But they don't Black out local games on network affiliates, which means Suns games on 5 and Diamondbacks games on 12 are OK.
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Again (and we've discussed this before) - no provider gets to randomly black out shows on in-market local channels, ever.

That's not a thing that can happen under current retrans consent rules.

Blackouts are mostly gone now, limited to the few cable systems that still carry grandfathered out-of-market signals, invoked when an in-market station is also carrying the same syndicated or network show for which it claims market exclusivity. (And by definition, it means cable viewers in that market still get to see the program in question on their local affiliate.)
 
fybush said:
Again (and we've discussed this before) - no provider gets to randomly black out shows on in-market local channels, ever.
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From what I've read, and correct me if I'm wrong, all network contracts with YTTV (and other providers as well?) are negotiated by the networks themselves, and apply to affiliates as well as O&Os. That's why they are forced to air KPHO/5 (CBS), KAZT/7 (CW), KSAZ/10 (Fox), KPNX/12 (NBC), and KNXV/15 (ABC) in Phoenix, regardless of what their local programming is, including local sports, with no blackouts. Indies, even if co-owned with one of the above, don't have such privilege.
 


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