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The Programming Disputes Thread

WGN-TV, the local feed, was running scrolls and ads during yesterday's Cubs game and Saturday's White Sox game reminding them that could (and, as it turned out, did) lose the signal off Dish. I imagine WGN America was doing the same thing, although I don't watch that channel anymore.
 
ftballfan said:
I'm willing to bet at least half of all programming disputes involve Dish Network
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Between the two satellite companies, it's more like 99%. The only ongoing dispute with DirecTV is Pac12 Network, AFAIK, and they are a relative nonentity compared with the majors, or even BTN or the SEC channel.
 
KeithE4 said:
Between the two satellite companies, it's more like 99%. The only ongoing dispute with DirecTV is Pac12 Network, AFAIK, and they are a relative nonentity compared with the majors, or even BTN or the SEC channel.
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Big Ten and SEC Network are both helped by affiliations with major sports companies (Big Ten with FOX and SEC with ESPN)
 
KeithE4 said:
Between the two satellite companies, it's more like 99%. The only ongoing dispute with DirecTV is Pac12 Network, AFAIK, and they are a relative nonentity compared with the majors, or even BTN or the SEC channel.
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True, you can't even say the SportsNet LA issue with DirecTV is "ongoing" since negotiations were pretty much cut off back before baseball season.
 
ftballfan said:
Big Ten and SEC Network are both helped by affiliations with major sports companies (Big Ten with FOX and SEC with ESPN)
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More importantly, both conferences have major followings nationwide, unlike the Pac 12, which, except for USC and Oregon in football, generates almost zero interest east of the Rockies (and there, only because of the addition of Colorado and Utah). The night games just end too late for the Eastern and Central time zones.
 
The disputes with Dish are probably good for the Dish customers. Dish is attempting to keep their operating costs down so they won't need to increase their prices.
 
RadioPatrol said:
Yes also Time Warner Cable and Cablevision in New York and Los Angeles have some programming disputes because of contract reasons.
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I hope that Time Warner merging with Charter will stop a lot of the contract disputes in former TW systems. I won't say it hasn't happened but contract disputes with Charter seem to be rare.
 
RadioPatrol said:
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/currency/tribune-stations-dish-retrans-dispute/157235



Dang Dish has been in so many contract disputes.
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And that, is why I hate Dish. Last time, they blacked out one of the best channels of all time, CNN. Also, my little sister's favorite channel, Cartoon Network. They were in dispute with all of the big Tampa Bay owners, Media General (WFLA/WTTA), TEGNA (WTSP), and the FOX O&Os (WTVT). Looks like Scripps-Howard is the cleanest one with almost no heard disputes (WFTS is safe), but Scripps Networks has been in disputes. I also asked one question earlier, that could a cable or satellite provider have 2 disputes at the same time. The answer is yes, because Dish blacked out Tribune and NFL stations at the same time. Imagine a DIRECTV/NFL dispute. It would be a nightmare for wing shops like Hooters and WingHouse, wh y can't, because DIRECTV or AT&T is in a dispute with NFL. :) Because DIRECTV is now part of AT&T, when Univision had a dispute with U-Verse, did it count for DIRECTV subscribers as well? anotherguy, that counts for Bright House as well.

I also wonder if PBS member stations or C-SPAN can be in retransmission disputes? I hope the FCC can stop this...
 
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NBCU & Dish Network Settle Ad-Skipping Dispute & Reach Carriage Deal

NBCUniversal and Dish Network have put down their legal swords over the ad-skipping tech the satellite company introduced several years back and reached a carriage deal. The ad-skipping deal joins Fox’s lawsuit ending agreement in February and the settlement CBS and Dish came to in December 2014.

“NBCUniversal and DISH Network have reached an agreement resulting in the dismissal of all pending litigation between the two companies, including disputes over the AutoHop and PrimeTime Anytime features,” said a spokesperson for the Comcast owned company. The agreement will allow Dish subscribers to ad-skip a week after a show has initially aired. With NBCU providing no details, the deal also settles the retransmission contract clash between the two parties that Dish threatened to take to arbitration earlier this year.

NBCU and Dish’s current carriage deal battle involves NBC and Telemundo stations the programmer owns in markets including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, and Miami as well as pay TV services including USA, Syfy, Bravo, CNBC, and MSNBC.
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https://deadline.com/2016/06/nbc-dish-network-settle-ad-skipping-lawsuit-arbitration-1201774522/
 
KeithE4 said:
More importantly, both conferences have major followings nationwide, unlike the Pac 12, which, except for USC and Oregon in football, generates almost zero interest east of the Rockies (and there, only because of the addition of Colorado and Utah).
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The Big10 and the SEC might as well be renamed the Big3 because each conference has only 3 team of quality each year. They are a lot like NASCAR - 5 drivers who can win every week and 35 field fillers. Only when the "biggies" play each other does the interest go nationwide (and thank you for that ABC).

KeithE4 said:
The night games just end too late for the Eastern and Central time zones.
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That has always been a problem for UofA and ASU when playing home games since only the last few weeks of the season can they play home games in the afternoon. It doesn't matter too much for the rest of the conference though because the majority of their games are afternoon.

Something else to consider is the equality of the conferences. PAC12 has but two teams now that remain non-competitive within the conference. It varies from year to year of course but that has been the case now for the past two decades. Both the SEC and Big10 have had perennial champions and doormats for many years. The same teams always dominate and the others are also-rans. Not much change there. Even Notre Dame, with its nationwide all-star recruiting program, doesn't do that well outside its "bum of the week" games.
 
Jonathan7157 said:
And that, is why I hate Dish. Last time, they blacked out one of the best channels of all time, CNN. Also, my little sister's favorite channel, Cartoon Network. They were in dispute with all of the big Tampa Bay owners, Media General (WFLA/WTTA), TEGNA (WTSP), and the FOX O&Os (WTVT). Looks like Scripps-Howard is the cleanest one with almost no heard disputes (WFTS is safe), but Scripps Networks has been in disputes. I also asked one question earlier, that could a cable or satellite provider have 2 disputes at the same time. The answer is yes, because Dish blacked out Tribune and NFL stations at the same time. Imagine a DIRECTV/NFL dispute. It would be a nightmare for wing shops like Hooters and WingHouse, wh y can't, because DIRECTV or AT&T is in a dispute with NFL. :) Because DIRECTV is now part of AT&T, when Univision had a dispute with U-Verse, did it count for DIRECTV subscribers as well? anotherguy, that counts for Bright House as well.

I also wonder if PBS member stations or C-SPAN can be in retransmission disputes? I hope the FCC can stop this...
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At one point last year, all of the Big Four in Traverse City-Cadillac were off Dish Network at the same time
 
Jonathan7157 said:
And that, is why I hate Dish. Last time, they blacked out one of the best channels of all time, CNN. Also, my little sister's favorite channel, Cartoon Network. They were in dispute with all of the big Tampa Bay owners, Media General (WFLA/WTTA), TEGNA (WTSP), and the FOX O&Os (WTVT). Looks like Scripps-Howard is the cleanest one with almost no heard disputes (WFTS is safe), but Scripps Networks has been in disputes. I also asked one question earlier, that could a cable or satellite provider have 2 disputes at the same time. The answer is yes, because Dish blacked out Tribune and NFL stations at the same time. Imagine a DIRECTV/NFL dispute. It would be a nightmare for wing shops like Hooters and WingHouse, wh y can't, because DIRECTV or AT&T is in a dispute with NFL. :) Because DIRECTV is now part of AT&T, when Univision had a dispute with U-Verse, did it count for DIRECTV subscribers as well? anotherguy, that counts for Bright House as well.

I also wonder if PBS member stations or C-SPAN can be in retransmission disputes? I hope the FCC can stop this...
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I never heard of PBS affiliates go through contract disputes with cable providers before but the PBS affiliates that I know about that did have financial issues at one point either was taken over by a bigger Public Media group to become a Duopoly or a state network and or lost their affiliation and went off the air.
 
Is that Dish dispute still going with Tribune? I get their Hartford/New Haven stations (CW channel 20 Waterbury and FOX channel 61 Hartford) with an antenna, so no worries for me! :)
 
At the same time as NFL has a dispute with the same provider (Dish), first time in it's history that it had disputes with 2 companies at the same time. Dish should go, it's the bully of broadcasting, even the FCC isn't doing anything about it. I will be surprised if they're next dispute is not with Scripps Networks, but it's other stations, owned by the same company, under the Scripps-Howard name, which makes it the first time that the former Journal stations have a dispute under the Scripps name, and the first time that Scripps channels will be out in it's entire history, including WFTS, KGTV, KMGH, KSHB, etc.
 
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