Dish, Mission Sign Temporary Pact Due to Coronavirus

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Dish, Mission Sign Temporary Pact Due to Coronavirus - The TV Answer Man!

Dish announced this afternoon that it has signed a one-month temporary carriage agreement to carry 28 local stations owned and/or managed by Mission Broadcasting so the satcaster’s subscribers in those areas can keep up with Coronavirus news updates. The satellite TV service in January lost the...

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[tanman]

Fantastic!Late afternoon naps with Judge Judy buzzing in the background are back!

 

[BatStang2000]

I am going to be upfront and plead ignorance. Who is paying whom on DISH-local channels? Does DISH pay the local channels to retransmit or do the local channels pay DISH to retransmit?

 

[DISH Support]

I am going to be upfront and plead ignorance. Who is paying whom on DISH-local channels? Does DISH pay the local channels to retransmit or do the local channels pay DISH to retransmit?

While we provide access to the local channels and their content, the channel itself is owned by other channel owners. Therefore, they are the ones that control the content as well.

Periodically, DISH and the channel owners negotiate deals so that we may offer you high-quality content at a fair value. Sometimes these demands are unreasonable that we, in good faith, can't pass those demands onto our customers.

We work towards a beneficial long-term agreement for both sides so that our customers won't be affected.

 

[navychop]

I am going to be upfront and plead ignorance. Who is paying whom on DISH-local channels? Does DISH pay the local channels to retransmit or do the local channels pay DISH to retransmit?

Dish pays them. This is a bone of contention.

 

[Bobby]

While we provide access to the local channels and their content, the channel itself is owned by other channel owners. Therefore, they are the ones that control the content as well.

Periodically, DISH and the channel owners negotiate deals so that we may offer you high-quality content at a fair value. Sometimes these demands are unreasonable that we, in good faith, can't pass those demands onto our customers.

We work towards a beneficial long-term agreement for both sides so that our customers won't be affected.

Really? What kind of a non-answer is that to the question. It's a simple answer and navychop gives it.

 

[Cold Irons]

The original DIRT team was really good; arranged dish moves for me, fixed a couple of problems.

Now they're just politicians, no real knowledge or help.

 

[jackson85]

While we provide access to the local channels and their content, the channel itself is owned by other channel owners. Therefore, they are the ones that control the content as well.

Periodically, DISH and the channel owners negotiate deals so that we may offer you high-quality content at a fair value. Sometimes these demands are unreasonable that we, in good faith, can't pass those demands onto our customers.

We work towards a beneficial long-term agreement for both sides so that our customers won't be affected.

I got an OTA installed last Monday, March 23rd, in case talks go sour. I love it, because I have more subchannels on my lineup. It was a whole lot cheaper going through Dish, than going through a local installer. I am very happy with it and the installer was quick, but good, and a very friendly young man.