Dish has signed a multi-year carriage deal with Apollo Global Management to end a five-month blackout of 14 local TV stations that are managed by Cox Media. In addition, 18 other Apollo/Cox stations, which were operating on a different agreement with Dish, are no longer warning viewers their signals could be removed from the satcaster.
The satcaster said in a press release this afternoon that it had “reached a multi-year agreement with Cox Media Group, owned by Apollo Global Management…This agreement also restores local Cox stations for DISH customers.”
“We are pleased to have reached an agreement with DISH that allows our loyal viewers to continue watching our quality local and network programming,” Dan York, Cox Media’s CEO, said in a statement.
Dish lost the 14 local Apollo/Cox stations in July when the two sides could not reach a new agreement. The stations are:
WSB-TV, Channel 2 (ABC, Atlanta, GA)
WFXT-TV, Channel 25 (FOX, Boston, MA)
WSOC-TV, Channel 9 (ABC, Charlotte, NC)
WAXN-TV, Channel 64 (IND, Charlotte, NC)
WHIO-TV, Channel 7 (CBS, Dayton, OH)
WFOX-TV, Channel 30 (FOX, Jacksonville, FL)
WFOX2-TV, Channel 32 (MNT, Jacksonville, FL)
WHBQ-TV, Channel 13 (FOX, Memphis, TN)
WFTV-TV, Channel 9 (ABC, Orlando, FL)
WRDQ-TV, Channel 27 (IND, Orlando, FL)
WPXI-TV, Channel 11 (NBC, Pittsburgh, PA)
KIRO-TV, Channel 7 (CBS, Seattle, WA)
KOKI-TV, Channel 23 (FOX, Tulsa, OK)
KMYT-TV, Channel 41 (MNT, Tulsa, OK)
The 14-station group should not be confused with a different carriage battle between Dish and Cox Media, and Apollo Global Management which has also been settled.
Their contracts were expiring now because Dish has been operating on the agreement it previously held with Northwest. The 14 stations it lost two months ago were operating on a contract Dish had negotiated with Cox Media before it was so sold to Apollo.
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What about direct T V in Jax Florida
Why do these people give free TV to everybody that wants to put a ton on on the roof of their vehicle or whatever all it is greed
What about Dish TV in Nineveh, Indiana .. We’ve lost all of our Local Channels???
We live in Sevierville, TN and lost our local ABC channel with Dish! It’s such a ripoff for what we pay we should not lose any channels!! Getting ready to drop Dish!!
A $29.00 antenna from Walnart gives us perfect local channels. We dropped Dish and went with Hulu for 11.99 a month plus tax. We were watching everything in recorded mode on dish, so this is working perfectly instead of our $89.00 dish.
why not in illinois
When can we expect cbs back on in Kingsport ten?
When will direct TV put CBS back on?
I live in west virginia have had dish for years but i want my channel 13 back
Why is it our dish bill goes up every year to pay for these settlement’s. People this yera are hurting an don’t have a lot of money to pay for the things they need now its a higher dish bill.my comment is why cant dish help out the people an give them a break reduce the bill or at least not raise it.Been a dish customer for years but since we up graded ir stuck us back into a contract with dish but when our contract is up im leaving dish . SEAMS LIKE IF YOU ARE A LOYAL CUSTOMER FOR YEARS AN NEVER LATE ON PAYMENT THEY COULD HONOR YOU WITH HELP.JUST MY THOUGHTS .
Is DISH and HBO still on the outs? I’d had DISH for years, but I dropped it when that feud happened.
Can you answer questions about dIRECTV and tegna turning off CVS in my area
What about abc stations un southeastern Pennsylvania. I want my abc station back from dish. Diane Holtwood, PA
We’ve been without Fox since the start of the NFL season and now without NBC, here in Arkansas, due to the greed of DISH
Don’t give in dish.. hold out!!
Dish took off our CBS in North Dakota also. Price didn’t go down of course .
Will CBS be coming back in Portland Orego
I’ve already missed several of my shows and now am way behind in my episodes thanks to y’all. IT IS ALWAYS ABOUT THE MONEY WITH YOU GUYS!!! YOU DO NOT GET ENOUGH FROM MILLIONS OF SUBSCRIBERS, DO YOU? ALL OF YOU ARE MONEY HUNGRY BUNCH OF SOB’S. IF IT IS NOT FOR DISH OR DIRECT BLOCKING OUR CHANNELS WE ARE LEFT HAVING TO GET GET NETFIX OR HULU. WELL AS FOR ME AS SOON AS MY CONTRACT IS UP I AM NOT GOING TO BE UNDER EITHER COMPANY’S CONTRACT EVER AGAIN. I AM TIRED OF FILLING YOUR POCKETS LONG ENOUGH. IT IS TOME FOR MY MONEY TO BE SPENT WISELY. SO KEEP YOUR CHANNELS OR BLOCK THEM, I DO NOT GIVE A CRAP ANY MORE!!! FIGHT OVER CONTRACTS UNTIL THE COWS COME HOME WHILE I WATCH MY TV. LOL
I’m in Rose Hill Va. When are we getting our channels back?
What about CW39 houston
I am all done with Dish. Twice in less than year they blacked out ABC for 3 months. We should have discounts. We pay tons of money and no discounts for losing channels we enjoy. I am now saving with a better plan and it ain’t dish
Charlie Ergin is a genius !! He runs circles around these other schlubs. He has a lot less money than a lot of them,but so what, he’s always going to be a winner.
What about Direct TV in area code 79707
We still pay full price for your service, as though we still have full access, and you cut them down to channels that hardly anyone watches on a normal basis. Can you tell me where is the fairness in that? It seems to me because your supplier is charging you more, You are now cutting our services and charging us as though we still have access to what we no longer have access to. Where is the decency in that? I am looking for another carrier and this time I will investigate the history of said company before I sign up with them.
What about WKRN in Nashville (Dish channel 2)? The problem with these ABC affiliates is they are wanting so much money from Dish to carry their channels that if Dish agrees to the current contract they will be forced to raise rates to cover the cost. ABC needs to come to the table with a reasonable negotiation. If you have been a Dish customer for some time, they might install an antenna in your attic or on your roof for a minimal service charge and you can still get ABC on your DISH hopper. We just went through this same thing with our CBS affiliate and it took several months for the two parties to work out an agreement. ABC and CBS make it out that DISH and Direct TV are the bad guys. That just isn’t the case. The Networks are greedy. They are trying to cover the cost of recent acquisitions by making DISH and Direct TV pay for them. Ultimately, if Dish and Direct TV buckle and agree to the outlandish terms and raise customer rates the customer pays for ABC and CBS to make acquisitions.
What about dish in South Carolina?
What about Illinois🤔 give me bk fox 39 & y does my antenna not work 🤔 so I can get 39-1 and the other OTA channels🤔 what’s the point of having it if it does not work 🤔 🤬
What about West Virginia, all CBS stations including local channels. Evernote month we loose more and more. When is it time to do something.
What about KWGN CHANEL 2 & KDVR CHANEL 31 Fox in Denver.
When will we get channels 24 & 47 back in Visalia ca
Dish needs to give us back local channels and lower there prices they are taking us knowing we need our local channels if they keep on I will cut my service
What about CBS. PAYING ALL THIS MONEY FOR CABLE AND THEY TAKING STATIONS OFF.