EPIX and DISH Renew Carriage Agreement

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EPIX and DISH Renew Carriage Agreement

NEW YORK & ENGLEWOOD, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- EPIX and DISH Network L.L.C. have reached a multi-year renewal agreement for continued carriage of EPIX to DISH customers. In addition to its four channels - EPIX, EPIX 2, EPIX 3 and EPIX Drive-In - DISH customers who subscribe to EPIX will have access to more than 2,000 Video-On-Demand titles on DISHAnywhere.com, EPIX.com and via the DISH Anywhere™ and EPIX apps on hundreds of devices.

This renewed agreement between DISH and EPIX will add popular new releases such as Transformers: Age of Extinction, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Interstellar, Selma and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1. DISH customers will continue to have access to some of the biggest new films from EPIX's studio partners - Lionsgate, MGM, Viacom and its movie studio unit Paramount Pictures - as well as great documentaries and special event music and comedy programming.

"DISH is an outstanding partner and we are excited to continue our successful relationship by working together to further build our businesses by providing EPIX's movies, original documentaries and events to DISH customers across the nation and on multiple platforms," said Mark Greenberg, President and CEO of EPIX. "DISH and EPIX share a commitment to delivering the best TV and movies in innovative ways, and we look forward to building on this agreement to provide an even better entertainment experience," continued Tom Gorke, Viacom Media Networks EVP Content Distribution.

"DISH is pleased to continue providing to our customers the high-quality movies and special events from EPIX," said Warren Schlichting, DISH senior vice president of programming. "Combined with our industry-leading technology, DISH customers continue to enjoy the best viewing experience of thousands of movies from EPIX, live or on-demand."

Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
 
Yes, just like the d-bags at Turner, AMC, various RSNs and locals. If you wish to get political I think there is a separate forum here for it.
Wasn't political. Fox played worse dirty pool than those others. Everyone knows all the stories.

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Wasn't political. Fox played worse dirty pool than those others. Everyone knows all the stories.

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Yeah, the retort was against the Fox corporation in general. The same corporation that demanded more money for channels already under contract and offering less programming. And Fox has been trying to sniff out and destroy the Hopper since it was announced.
 
Wasn't political. Fox played worse dirty pool than those others. Everyone knows all the stories.

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My apologies if I misunderstood your post. I'm not a big FNC fan, but I do see a good deal of sniping at it and it gets a bit tiresome.
 
I honestly couldnt figure out how this could be a bad thing TBH. Viacom is already known for being dropped from smaller cable providers so im sure Dish got a good deal on Epix. Epix is still very small and not on alot of providers yet.
 
I honestly couldnt figure out how this could be a bad thing TBH. Viacom is already known for being dropped from smaller cable providers so im sure Dish got a good deal on Epix. Epix is still very small and not on alot of providers yet.
Still small, but able to bid and win on some big movies such as the Avengers. Are they an independent company or owned by others?
 
Still small, but able to bid and win on some big movies such as the Avengers. Are they an independent company or owned by others?
They do not bid for or "win" movies per say, they own them, or the rights to them. Disney's deal with Paramount for Marvel included TV rights for all the Paramount released Marvel films. Same goes for MGM titles, Lionsgate, UA and a couple of other participating owner studios.
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It's funny because all of the Marvel movies that were released after the Avengers have been going to Starz, since Disney owns Marvel. Starz gets first-run Disney owned movies until 2016 when those rights move to Netflix.
 

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