What's this mean for DISH?!

[Scott Greczkowski]

I just saw this and wondered what it meant for DISH Network...

FCC Approves Program Carriage Standstill: Sources - 2011-07-29 18:59:19 | Multichannel News

Could we see the DisneyHD channels back soon?!

One could only hope!

 

[isaacmorseMI]

Or MSG, Fuse and SNY! It will be interesting seeing how this plays out.

 

[cosmo_kramer]

Sounds like it may apply to new cases only??

According to an FCC source familiar with the order, the standstill provision is not retroactive and would not apply to the Tennis Channel and Bloomberg program carriage complaints, both against Comcast, even if they were not ruled on until after the rules took effect and either were decided in favor of the plaintiff.

 

[KAB]

As written in article, seems skewed more toward programmers, not providers. Would not seem to help with the Disney situation. But it is a vague article.

 

[Tampa8]

I read it as providing continued carriage. You can argue who that favors, in the case of Dish, if Dish is to be believed, they want the programming to continue during a dispute, and it is the programmers who want to pull it.
"As reported in Multichannel News back in May, the item sets up a regime for granting interim carriage during the adjudication of MVPD program-carriage complaints, and sets deadlines for dealing with those complaints."

It also deals with a different issue, that of a cable/sat operator refusing to carry a particular channel by discriminating. (for this descriminating has a couple of meanings)

 

[Juan]

What about Locals?

 

[bnewt]

sure would like to get Disney, ESPN News, ABC Family & ESPNU in HD..............

 

[Jim5506]

NOT RETROACTIVE!!

 

[The Fat Man]

Not surprised. As always the term "grandfathered" is included. Good in some scenarios, bad in others (this). This won't help Dish against Disney, just Dish against the next wanna-be Disney.