Here is the email I sent, to all the addresses that scott provided as well as to WTHI
I was reading today of your dispute with Dish Network and wanted to weigh in on it.
I am hearing your dispute involves pennies a day per subscriber and you feel that that is acceptable. My question to you is, what does it cost Lin Media to provide these channels to Dish? (in equipment and other things) or better yet, what does it cost to provide these channels to me on Dish's Network (uplink, Downlink, etc.) who pays for these costs.
I also realize that the argument is that we pay Dish to recieve these channels, which is true, I pay $5 a months for my locals package which includes, CBS, NBC, FOX, ABC, and 2 PBS channels so six channels in all. And this is small market, some markets also include more local channels then that, and all of them $5 per month for all their locals.
Breaking this down that is 83.3 cents a months per channel, or 2.7 cents per day, per channel. How much a day is Lin wanting from Dish per subsciber to be able to provide your channel to me. I am hearing it is only Pennies per day, but if all 6 providers for locals in my area want pennies a day what would be the cost. How much more would Dish have to charge me just to pay the retransmission fees, not to mention the cost of getting the channels to me as well.
If you are so sure that the rate you are asking for is fair, then why not tell the world what you want per subscriber, per day. do not keep this to yourself, let me decide if it is worth it to me to have your channel.
I will do without your programming if it is dropped from Dish, I will not switch to cable, nor will I put up an antenea or do anything else to recieve it, I will just do without.
I am in the Terre Haute, IN DMA. I will be losing WTHI-TV if you pull your programming.
I look forward to your personal, timely reply
James Walker
Proud Dishnetwork customer for 6+ years, and have no plans of changing that.
I was reading today of your dispute with Dish Network and wanted to weigh in on it.
I am hearing your dispute involves pennies a day per subscriber and you feel that that is acceptable. My question to you is, what does it cost Lin Media to provide these channels to Dish? (in equipment and other things) or better yet, what does it cost to provide these channels to me on Dish's Network (uplink, Downlink, etc.) who pays for these costs.
I also realize that the argument is that we pay Dish to recieve these channels, which is true, I pay $5 a months for my locals package which includes, CBS, NBC, FOX, ABC, and 2 PBS channels so six channels in all. And this is small market, some markets also include more local channels then that, and all of them $5 per month for all their locals.
Breaking this down that is 83.3 cents a months per channel, or 2.7 cents per day, per channel. How much a day is Lin wanting from Dish per subsciber to be able to provide your channel to me. I am hearing it is only Pennies per day, but if all 6 providers for locals in my area want pennies a day what would be the cost. How much more would Dish have to charge me just to pay the retransmission fees, not to mention the cost of getting the channels to me as well.
If you are so sure that the rate you are asking for is fair, then why not tell the world what you want per subscriber, per day. do not keep this to yourself, let me decide if it is worth it to me to have your channel.
I will do without your programming if it is dropped from Dish, I will not switch to cable, nor will I put up an antenea or do anything else to recieve it, I will just do without.
I am in the Terre Haute, IN DMA. I will be losing WTHI-TV if you pull your programming.
I look forward to your personal, timely reply
James Walker
Proud Dishnetwork customer for 6+ years, and have no plans of changing that.