Posted on 12/22/2014 11:24:22 AM PST by Utilizer
21st Century Fox and Dish pointed the finger at each other tonight as carriage talks between the two failed to produce a deal by midnight, resulting in Fox News Channel and Fox Business Channel no longer being available on Dish. Both sides blamed the other for the shutdowns.
“It is disappointing that, after nearly two decades without a blackout, Fox News Channel has been blocked by Dish Network,” Tim Carry, EVP Distribution at Fox News Channel said late tonight. “We care deeply about our viewers and hope that they will regain access to the number one cable news channel soon. We will continue to work around the clock to reach an agreement with Dish, as we have done with every other pay-TV provider for 18 years. This is the third time in as many months that Dish customers have suffered through a blackout due toDish intransigence. Dish’s record speaks for itself, and makes its rhetoric about ‘reasonable’ agreements ring hollow.”
(Excerpt) Read more at deadline.com ...
If you’re not under a contract then call to cancel, even if it’s a bluff. They’ll then throw concessions your way to get you to stay.
FOX news back on DISH network. (Must have happened in the last 24 hours?)..
Good to hear. Now I need to do a search this weekend to see if more streaming sites pop up since one of the alternates I was using seems to have gone completely dark. Of course, it could just be the local provider blocking the site, but I have no way of determining that at the moment.
Still, going from only two reliable sites as of last January to at least five now I think we might see more up soon. Hope so.
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