Sinclair Pulls the Plug on Political Commentary.Walmart Apologizes for Selling Santa Sweater With Drug Reference.In Controversial Spot All Gwyneth Paltrow and Goop Want for Christmas Is a Candy Cane-Shaped Toy For Her Private Parts Three New Stars Join Cast of Next Week’s Live ‘All in the Family’ Performance - But What’s Up With the Live ‘Good Times’?.Business Is Booming for One Veteran Media Exec - and He Was Just Named Time Magazine’s Businessperson of the Year.Philip McKeon, Former Child Actor, Dead at 55.Hearst said in a statement to its customers: “While we believe that we and Dish Network can conclude our negotiations before March 1, so as not to deprive any of our respective viewers and customers of our programming, we want to advise our viewers and customers that the possibility of nonrenewal of our current agreement exists.” “Hearst also blacked out Dish in April 2014 in the run-up to the current retrans deal with the satellite operators.,” FierceCable notes. Hearst also was involved in a blackout on DirecTV for several days early this year. We are unsure why Hearst decided to involve customers in the contract negotiation process at a point when there is still time for the two parties to reach a mutually beneficial deal.” Dish has successfully negotiated agreements representing hundreds of stations in recent months that benefit all parties, including our viewers. DISH is actively working to reach a deal before the contract expires. “The broadcaster, which owns 33 stations in 26 media markets across 39 states, began telling Dish customers over the weekend that it might remove its signals from the satellite service ‘if negotiations between representatives of Hearst Television and Dish Network are unsuccessful in reaching a conclusion before March 1, 2017,'” the story reports.ĭish responded with a statement saying: “Only Hearst Television Inc.
With a deadline looming in retransmission talks between Hearst Television and Dish Network, Hearst has begun threatening a blackout, FierceCable reports.
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