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The Programming Disputes Thread

That's what EVERY cable provider and satellite provider says. 'We're looking out for you' my a$$. Then blames the station itself. Spectrum never gave us a credit for the FOUR MONTHS we lost Fox 41 KCYU earlier this year. Not one cent!
 
crainbebo said:
That's what EVERY cable provider and satellite provider says. 'We're looking out for you' my a$$. Then blames the station itself. Spectrum never gave us a credit for the FOUR MONTHS we lost Fox 41 KCYU earlier this year. Not one cent!
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In a sense, the cable company is looking out for "you".

Station and cable network carriage fees directly impact the monthly costs passed on to subscriber. Sure, they are looking out for their own bottom line, but they do have to keep the fees they pay to every program source in line or every subscriber's bill will increase.
 
DavidEduardo said:


In a sense, the cable company is looking out for "you".

Station and cable network carriage fees directly impact the monthly costs passed on to subscriber. Sure, they are looking out for their own bottom line, but they do have to keep the fees they pay to every program source in line or every subscriber's bill will increase.
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but when it comes to locals all cable companies do is jack up their "broadcast fee". I noticed this month Mediacom quietly added 61 cents to their broadcast fee. Now its 12.40
January 2018 it was 11.18
March they raised it to 11.79
Now this month they raised it AGAIN to 12.40

God knows what they'll raise it to in January (if they dont raise it beforehand)
 
unclehonkey said:
but when it comes to locals all cable companies do is jack up their "broadcast fee". I noticed this month Mediacom quietly added 61 cents to their broadcast fee. Now its 12.40
January 2018 it was 11.18
March they raised it to 11.79
Now this month they raised it AGAIN to 12.40

God knows what they'll raise it to in January (if they dont raise it beforehand)
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Cable companies pass on the increases in program expenses, just as electric utilities pass on increases in operating costs when they seek rate increases.
 
Quincy put a new update out yesterday

First Bolded part just insert call sign of Quincy station in a particular market
Second is a list of programs carried on the particular network(s) of said Quincy station

We have received calls and emails of support from many of you regarding the impasse we are experiencing with DISH. That support means a great deal to all of us at KBJR.

We had hoped to have some progress to report to you on this impasse, but unfortunately DISH has not changed their position since our last update. DISH continues to want to subject us to unreasonable terms and conditions, things that we have not agreed to with any other programming provider, and at terms that are way below the marketplace. We have multi-year agreements with every other provider in our market, and we reached those agreements without a dispute because both parties were determined not to let that happen. With DISH, that has not been the case.

As a DISH customer, we know you are frustrated with this situation. Unfortunately, when we are involved in a business situation like this, it impacts you, and that part is very difficult for us, because that is the last thing we want to have happen. We want our programming to be there for you, and right now, it’s not. For that, we apologize.

Given that DISH has made no productive changes to their offer, we are doubtful that our station will be returned to the DISH service any time soon. That means you will not be able to watch our local news, weather and sports programming, along with the fall premieres of popular NBC shows such as The Voice, This is Us, Chicago Fire and Chicago PD, Law and Order SVU, Sunday Night Football, and the highly anticipated new shows Manifest and New Amsterdam. In addition, DISH customers will not be able to watch KBJR My 9, home of the National Championship UMD Bulldogs Men’s hockey team. My 9 carries most Bulldog home and away games plus an additional 50 high school and college hockey, football, basketball and volleyball games each season involving Northland teams.

KBJR is owned by Quincy Media, a small family owned company. Our station cannot be bullied into a bad business decision just because DISH, a multi-billion-dollar company, is pressuring us to do so. It would be wrong for our station, and it would be wrong for our viewers, as it would impact our ability to provide the local news and sports, severe weather coverage, and all our network and local sports programming that you have come to expect from our station. The fees we receive from our distributors help us pay for these programming costs and the salaries we pay our employees that live right here in our community.

Please know that we would end this impasse today if DISH would get reasonable with its demands, but so far, they have failed to do so, and as a result, this impasse could continue for some time. Our station is now in the same situation that close to 500 other stations have faced since 2010, all in a dispute with DISH.

Please call DISH at 800-333-3474 and let them know you want this dispute resolved and our station back on their system. With your help, maybe we can end this impasse.

Thank you for your patience and your continued support.
 
Fox Warns Altice’s Optimum And Suddenlink Subscribers About Impasse

Fox has started spreading the word that its distribution deal with Altice USA is set to expire in the coming days, warning that a blackout could leave millions of Optimum and Suddenlink subscribers without access to key fall programming.

The carriage deal with Altice, the French telecom giant which bought Cablevision in 2016 for about $10 billion, is set to expire at the end of September, according to sources familiar with the terms. The pact covers the Fox broadcast network, FX, FS1, Nat Geo and other networks, so the dispute threatens big draws like NFL and college football and the upcoming Major League Baseball playoffs.

The New York City suburbs would be hit hardest by an outage, given that the bulk of Optimum subscribers live in the Tri-State area. Altice has 4.9 million subscribers in 21 states under both the Optimum and Suddenlink brands. New York City has very minimal Optimum, with its cable footprint dominated by Charter’s Spectrum service (formerly Time Warner Cable). Most Suddenlink subscribers are in the Midwest.
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https://deadline.com/2018/09/fox-warns-altice-optimum-carriage-dispute-1202469569/
 
Quincy/Dish dispute still going on

10/9/18

Thank you to all of you for your calls and emails of support for our station regarding the impasse we are experiencing with DISH. That support means a great deal to all of us at KBJR. Unfortunately, while we are continuing to negotiate with DISH in an effort to resolve this dispute, we don’t have any positive news to report at this time. We hope KBJR will be back on DISH soon, but we don’t know when that will happen.

We understand that you are frustrated that this impasse continues and has not yet been resolved. We are, too. We know that nothing is more frustrating to a television viewer than missing your favorite station’s local news or network programming. This is the first time that KBJR has been involved in such a prolonged impasse with a satellite or cable company. The same goes for our parent company, Quincy Media. In fact, prior to this impasse with DISH, Quincy had been in just one dispute like this in the last quarter century, and it lasted only 15 hours. That is not the case for DISH. DISH has had close to 500 disputes with local TV stations in the past eight years

We wanted to share with you some of what we have been hearing from many frustrated DISH customers (many of whom are now former DISH customers), and we want to correct some false information you may have been hearing.

One DISH customer indicated to us that she was told that “Quincy has begun this dispute with DISH and they will continue to migrate to other providers like DirecTV and cable to block them as well.”
We can’t predict the future, but we can tell you that we have multi-year agreements in place with every other cable and satellite provider that carries our station.

We have mentioned in prior messages regarding this impasse that Quincy is a small, family-owned company. We received an email questioning that, which stated, “Regarding Quincy being small, who knows since you are a private company. You did spend $1.6 million on a couple of TV stations.”
Our parent company, Quincy Media, did recently purchase two local television stations for about $1.8 million. To put our purchase into perspective, DISH reported revenue of about $14.4 BILLION in 2017. Based on that revenue, Dish generates $1.6 million in revenue every hour of every day. This dispute is truly a “David vs. Goliath” situation; a huge, multi-billion-dollar company is trying to bully a small, family-owned company into making bad business decisions.

Many DISH customers have indicated to us that, if they are willing to stay on the phone long enough and talk to a supervisor at DISH, DISH may offer them credits or rebates because they are not receiving our station at this time. That seems fair to us.
Please know that we are doing our best to get this resolved, but we could use your help. Please call DISH at 800-333-3474 or 877-445-7442 and let them know you want this dispute resolved and KBJR back on their system.

Thank you for your patience and continued support.


The 1.6 million part is Quincy recently bought KDLH Duluth and WISE Ft Wayne. These 2 stations they had to sell off when they (Quincy) bought Granite Broadcasting. CW was put on both stations (KDLH was CBS -1 CW -2 and WISE was NBC -1 My -2 IIRC) and sold to Sagamore Hill while the programing from the networks was moved to Granite (now Quincy's) own stations. Now that both stations are in 5th place Quincy was able to buy them "back"
 
agreement reached

KBJR is pleased to announce that we have reached a new agreement with DISH and our station will be back on their service very soon!

We want to thank all of you who contacted us during this impasse, and for all the calls and emails of support that we received. That support meant a great deal to all of us at KBJR. This was a difficult period for our station, and we know it was very frustrating for you, our viewer. We are sorry you had to experience this impasse with us, but are grateful for your understanding and support.
 
from northpine.com

Quincy Media stations returned to DISH Network on Friday (Oct. 12) following a retransmission consent dispute outage that lasted more than seven weeks, taking 15 major network affiliates off the provider in the Upper Midwest. They included ABC affiliates in Madison, La Crosse, Eau Claire, and Wausau, the CBS affiliate in Duluth, the FOX affiliate in Quincy, NBC affiliates in Quincy, Waterloo, Sioux City, Rochester, and Duluth, CW affiliates in Waterloo, Sioux City, and Wausau, and the MyNetworkTV channel in Duluth.
 
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/t...se-advertising-trademark-infringement-1152479

Now Univision Sues Dish Network

A license agreement has expired, but Dish still tells its subscribers they can get Univision, according to new counterclaims filed.
When programmers and distributors reach the end of a licensing contract for television content and it comes time to negotiate a renewal, there tends to be a lot of public posturing, a healthy dose of brinksmanship and even, sometimes, litigation. Then, there's usually peace. But the standoff between Univision and Dish Network shows no signs of any breakthrough. It's been more than three months since the Spanish channel went dark on Dish's satellite and streaming services, and the legal claims are multiplying.

The latest is a cross-complaint filed on Friday by Univision alleging that Dish still owes millions of dollars in license fees under the old deal plus is falsely advertising the availability of Univision on the satcaster's services.

Dish has been on offense until now.
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Over the Contract Dispute.
 
http://worldsoccertalk.com/2018/10/...-univision-deportes-network-says-broadcaster/

An Update

Dish and Univision has a dispute with one of the channels

DISH Network subscribers are at risk of losing Univision Deportes Network, says Univision.

Currently, the Univision Deportes Network is the only Univision-related channel available to DISH Network subscribers after a carriage dispute since June 30 resulted in channels being removed from DISH that included Univision, UniMas and Galavision.

While DISH Network subscribers have enjoyed watching Univision Deportes Network despite the carriage dispute, the availability of Univision Deportes Network on DISH is about to end unless an agreement is reached soon.

That means no more Liga MX, Copa MX, UEFA Champions League, Europa League, Mexican national team games, MLS or Bundesliga for DISH Network subscribers via Univision Deportes Network.

It’s possible that the decision may be a permanent one. If so, it’ll force many DISH Network subscribers into a difficult decision whether to leave DISH Network or move to a different service such as DIRECTV or fuboTV.
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https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/hbo-blacked-out-to-dish-network-subscribers

Update HBO and Cinemax in a contract dispute with Dish

AT&T’s HBO and Cinemax premium channels have been blacked out to Dish Network and Sling TV subscribers in a dispute over an carriage agreement.

Dish said it is the first time HBO has ever blacked out a distributor.

Dish said that HBO made “untenable demands” designed specifically to harm customers, particularly those in rural areas, as well as damage competing pay-TV providers.

AT&T, which acquired HBO’s parent company Time Warner earlier this year, also owns DirecTV and DirecTV Now.

“Plain and simple, the merger created for AT&T immense power over consumers,” said Andy LeCuyer, Dish senior VP of Programming. “It seems AT&T is implementing a new strategy to shut off its recently acquired content from other distributors. This may be the first of many HBO blackouts for consumers across the country. AT&T no longer has incentive to come to an agreement on behalf of consumer choice; instead, it’s been given the power to grab more money or steal away customers.”
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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...rating-with-dish-in-hbo-dispute-idUSKCN1N667O

AT&T accuses Dish for bribing the DOJ in the dispute with HBO

(Reuters) - AT&T Inc’s WarnerMedia has accused the U.S. Department of Justice of “collaborating” with Dish Network Corp in a high profile dispute over carrying HBO and Cinemax.

FILE PHOTO: A Dish Network satellite dish is shown on a residential home in Encinitas, California, U.S., November 8, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake
For the first time in its 40-year history, Warner Media’s HBO, known for its award winning TV series “Game of Thrones” and “The Sopranos,” went dark on Dish’s satellite television service on Thursday after a disagreement over a new distribution deal.

About 2.5 million of Dish’s 13 million customers subscribe to HBO or Cinemax, according to one person familiar with the matter. AT&T also owns DirecTV, a satellite TV rival to Dish.


WarnerMedia said it had offered to extend the contract to continue discussing a new deal but Dish executives declined to negotiate further.

“Dish’s proposals and actions made it clear they never intended to seriously negotiate an agreement,” said Simon Sutton, HBO President and Chief Revenue Officer.

The dispute could be a public relations blow to AT&T, which is heading back into court in December when oral arguments begin in the DOJ’s appeal of the antitrust decision approving the No. 2 U.S. wireless carrier’s $85 billion deal to buy Time Warner.


“This behavior, unfortunately, is consistent with what the Department of Justice predicted would result from the merger,” a DOJ representative said. “We are hopeful the Court of Appeals will correct the errors of the District Court.”

The Justice Department’s statement was amplified by Fox Business Network journalist Charlie Gasparino’s tweet on the matter.

AT&T fired back: “The Department of Justice collaborated closely with Dish in its unsuccessful lawsuit to block our merger,” a WarnerMedia spokesman said in a statement. “That collaboration continues to this day with Dish’s tactical decision to drop HBO – not the other way around. DOJ failed to prove its claims about HBO at trial and then abandoned them on appeal.”

Dish declined comment on the accusation.
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Altice (Suddenlink/Optimum) may be in a dispute with Tribune. I read about it in a crawl on WREG today. They have until Monday to reach a deal.
 
https://www.fiercevideo.com/cable/comcast-charter-racial-discrimination-suits-headed-to-trial

Byron Allen and a lawsuit against Charter and Comcast

A federal appeals court has denied attempts by Comcast and Charter to dismiss lawsuits filed by Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios claiming violations of the Civil Rights Act.

The plaintiffs—Entertainment Studios and the National Association of African-American Owned Media (NAAAOM)—filed the lawsuits after claiming that both Comcast and Charter for years refused to carry any of the Entertainment Studios’ networks, which include Pets.tv, Comedy.tv, Recipe.tv, Cars.tv, Es.tv, Mydestination.tv and Justicecentral.tv.

The $20 billion case against Comcast and the $10 billion case against Charter are now cleared to head to court for the trial and discovery process.
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