Dish Loses 13 Cox Media Local Stations In Carriage Row
Dish tonight lost 13 Cox Media-owned local network affiliates in nine markets due to a carriage dispute between the companies, Dish announced.
In addition to the regular carriage fees, Dish alleges that Cox Media is seeking payment for Dish subscribers who do not get local channels through the satellite TV service. (Dish offers plans that do not include local channels.)
“Cox’s refusal to negotiate in good faith and subsequently forcing a blackout of its stations for DISH customers is deplorable,” Brian Neylon, Dish’s group president, said in a statement. “Cox is demanding an exorbitant rate increase, negotiating for channels it does not yet own and insists on payment from customers who do not subscribe to local broadcasting, even as it continues to underinvest in local programming. Broadcasters like Cox put profits ahead of the public interests they are supposed to serve, even when its viewership has declined for years.”
Cox Media-owned local stations posted an alert tonight warning Dish subscribers that they can no longer watch their programming.
“Dish Network removed (WSB-TV in Atlanta) after the satellite provider refused to agree to a fair deal for a new retransmission consent agreement with Cox Media Group,” says the alert at WSB-TV in Atlanta.. “If you are currently affected by Dish’s decision to deprive you of important local news and programming during these critical times, make your voice heard! Call Dish today at 1-800-333-3474 and demand that they get your local programming back.”
Dish says the Cox Media local stations that have been blacked out on Dish are:
(ABC: WSB) – Atlanta, GA
(FOX: WFXT) – Boston, MA
(ABC: WSOC) – Charlotte, NC
(CBS: WHIO) – Dayton, OH
(FOX: KLSR) – Eugene, OR
(FOX: WFOX) – Jacksonville, FL
(ABC: WFTV) – Orlando, FL
(NBC: WPXI) – Pittsburgh, PA
(CBS: KIRO) – Seattle, WA
But Cox has four other independent channels that are part of the dispute:
KMYT-TV, Channel 41 (MNT, Tulsa, OK)
WFOX2-TV, Channel 32 (MNT, Jacksonville, FL)
WAXN-TV, Channel 64 (IND, Charlotte, NC)
WRDQ-TV, Channel 27 (IND, Orlando, FL)
Cox and Dish engaged in a several month-long blackout dispute in 2020 before settling in December 2020.
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Of course.
Big companies pissed at each other, and it’s the consumers that get screwed and pay for it in the end.
A pox on both of them.
Feel Apollo Global Management and Cox Media Group been using Duane Lammers Max Retrans as the reason why DISH Network is not able to carry the Cox TV stations. If Apollo Global Management and Cox Media Group has no intention of letting allowing DISH Network to carry the Cox TV stations ever again, recommend Apollo Global Management and Cox Media Group be better offing selling the TV stations right now if Apollo Global Management and Cox Media Group has no intention of letting allowing DISH Network to carry the Cox TV stations ever again because Apollo Global Management and Cox Media Group would rather keep continuing on using Duane Lammers Max Retrans to assist Apollo Global Management and Cox Media Group for their retransmission consent negotiating needs. Apollo Global Management and Cox Media Group be better selling all of the TV stations right now to someone else that who would be willing to permanently fire cut ties and or never ever agreed to use Duane Lammers Max Retrans, ATV Broadcast, and or Symphony Media Audit International to assist broadcasters and broadcasting group for their retransmission consent negotiating needs.
The broadcasters and broadcasting groups like to see take over certain Cox TV stations from Apollo Global Management and Cox Media Group:
ABC/Disney: WSB, WFTV/WRDQ, WSOC/WXAN
CBS/Paramount: KIRO
NBC/Comcast WPXI, WFXT(to use it for NBC Boston)(FOX affiliation moves to WHDH if ED Ansin-Sunbeam Television ever allow DISH Network to carry WSVN and WHDH/WLVI ever again and be willing to permanently fire, cut ties, and or never ever agree to ever use Duane Lammers Max Retrans as a consultant to assist ED Ansin-Sunbeam Television for their retransmission consent negotiating needs as the reason why DISH Network no longer able to carry WSVN and WHDH/WLVI)
Gray Television: WFOX/WJAX, WHIO, KLSR/KEVU-CD
The broadcasters and broadcasting groups like to see take over certain Cox TV stations from Apollo Global Management and Cox Media only if they are willing to meet stiff serious concessions such as be willing to permanently fire cut ties and or never ever agreed to use Duane Lammers Max Retrans, ATV Broadcast, and or Symphony Media Audit International to assist broadcasters and broadcasting group for their retransmission consent negotiating needs as a very stiff serious pre-condition to allowing the broadcasters and broadcasting groups like to see take over certain Cox TV stations from Apollo Global Management and Cox Media.
This is all crap that Cox and dish hasnt reached agreement. Its adult child play. Its Christmas a holes reach a decision in next few. Days. Heads up cox tv ppl can stream now give it up scrooges!!!!!
You can’t stream if you don’t have internet. I don’t have internet and can’t get it .