Posted on 01/16/2015 2:16:22 PM PST by Mozilla
FTVLive told you yesterday that Fox News and Dish Network had ended their retrans dispute and FNC has returned to the Dish bird.
As we predicted, the terms of the new deal weren’t disclosed. However, people familiar with the talks said Dish is paying a significant increase for Fox News, which is one of the most popular networks, not just among news channels but entertainment and sports services as well.
According to research firm SNL Kagan, the average monthly fee for Fox News is currently about $1.00 per subscriber. Under terms of the new pact, the price Dish would pay would rise to an average fee of around $1.50 per-subscriber, per-month, people familiar with the matter said.
Dish is also going to distribute Fox Business Network to more of its subscribers, the people said, and give it a channel position near Fox News as part of the agreement.
What does that mean if you are a Dish customer?
Eventually, your satellite bill will be going up.
(Excerpt) Read more at ftvlive.com ...
To each his own. I just think cable and satellite are a gross waste of money. Of course, I can understand if one lives out in the sticks.
1. Dish is my primary.
2. Metrocast cable (minimum) is backup.
3. Extreme deep fringe antenna with rotor and complex, high quality distribution, pre-amp, amp setup is tertiary.
4. On-line is always there too.
Not missing my sports. NASA level redundancy.
Yep. It’s catching on big time. Of course the Gov will probably ruin it for us.
Was it also political last fall when CNN was gone during their negotiations?
It’s business, not politics.
Thanks for posting.
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