Dish Settles Carriage Dispute With Mission Broadcasting

By Phillip Swann
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Former Sony employee and editor of 4 TV magazines.

Dish and Mission Broadcasting have signed a new carriage agreement, ending a 12-month blackout of 27 Mission-owned local stations in 25 markets. The Mission-owned station/markets include New York. Providence, Rhode Island, Little Rock, Albuquerque, Abilene, Texas, Albany, New York and Erie, Pennsylvania, among others. You can see a complete list here.

“We are delighted to have reached a new distribution agreement with DISH Network, and we look forward to continuing our long-standing relationship,” stated Dennis Thatcher, president of Mission Broadcasting.

Dish did not issue a statement regarding the settlement.

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The nation’s second largest satellite TV service is still involved in local channel disputes with White Knight and Cox Media. However, the satcaster last weekend also settled a fee fight with Lilly Broadcasting.

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