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FCC Upholds Record $10M Retrans Fine Against Sinclair-Managed TV Stations

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FCC Upholds Record $10M Retrans Fine Against Sinclair-Managed TV Stations

Commission is unpersuaded by calls for lower penalties
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The FCC has officially imposed the maximum per-violation fine of $512,228 apiece for all but one of the stations it had identified in a September 2020 notice of apparent liability as violating the FCC's requirement of good faith retransmission consent negotiations.


The 18 stations had been the target of a complaint by AT&T and its DirecTV DBS service alleging they had unreasonably delayed those negotiations including failing to respond to AT&T proposals.
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And now, Dish Network customers in our area are being informed that Sinclair will drop their stations (WTOV, Steubenville, Ohio-NBC and FOX) from Dish's lineup next Monday, August 16th. Of course, Dish Network will not substitute other NBC and FOX signals in the meantime. TIme to go to war again.
 
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