Fox Hd Dish Network Channel
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Unfortunately, Dish customers aren't the only ones facing missing channels. Disputes between media companies frequently end up hurting subscribers, who suddenly find that they're losing some of their favorite stations.
Due to ongoing disputes about a new carriage agreement with Cox Media Group (CMG), certain Dish subscribers are now facing a blackout of local stations. The channels were removed on the evening of Nov. 28, with both parties announcing the blackout in separate press releases.
According to the Dish, it has historically offered customers the right to remove local channels from their plan and save money, but CMG "wants to force DISH customers to pay for local channels if they choose to receive them free with an over-the-air-antenna."
"Cox's refusal to negotiate in good faith and subsequently forcing a blackout of its stations for DISH customers is deplorable," Brian Neylon, group president of Dish TV, said in a statement. "Cox is demanding an exorbitant rate increase, negotiating for channels it does not yet own and insists on payment from customers who do not subscribe to local broadcasting, even as it continues to underinvest in local programming. Broadcasters like Cox put profits ahead of the public interests they are supposed to serve, even when its viewership has declined for years."
Taking things a step further, CMG posted a statement on the website for WSB-TV in Atlanta, encouraging customers to call Dish and ask that local programming be reinstated. Per the notice, the ABC channel in Atlanta broadcasts sports programming and popular shows such as Good Morning America, Entertainment Tonight, Grey's Anatomy, and Shark Tank.
Today, DISH Network launched FUEL TV, a television network dedicated to covering the lifestyle and culture of action sports, including skateboarding, snowboarding, surfing, BMX, freestyle motocross and wakeboarding. Located on DISH Network Ch. 155, FUEL TV is included in DISH Network's Classic Gold 250 programming package. FUEL TV is now available in nearly 30 million homes nationwide.
"FUEL TV is one of our fastest growing networks, and adding it to the DISH Network lineup helps satisfy the demand from a rapidly increasing number of passionate viewers," said Mike Hopkins, president of Affiliate Sales and Marketing for Fox Cable Networks. "DISH Network continues to be a valued partner in the distribution of our networks."
DISH Network Corporation (Nasdaq: DISH), the nation's HD leader, provides approximately 13.584 million satellite TV customers as of March 31, 2009 with the highest quality programming and technology at the best value, including the lowest all-digital price nationwide. Customers have access to hundreds of video and audio channels, the most HD channels, the most international channels, state-of-the-art interactive TV applications, and award-winning HD and DVR technology including 1080p Video on Demand and the DuoDVR ViP(R) 722 DVR, a CNET and PC Magazine "Editors' Choice." DISH Network is included in the Nasdaq-100 Index (NDX) and is a Fortune 250 company. Visit www.dishnetwork.com.
FUEL TV is the action sports lifestyle network for skateboarding, snowboarding, surfing, BMX, freestyle motocross, and wakeboarding. A unit of Fox Cable Networks, FUEL TV was launched July 1, 2003 and is seen in nearly 30 million U.S. homes. To subscribe to FUEL TV, call 877-4-FUEL-TV. For program times and other information, visit www.fuel.tv.
Fox Cable Networks (FCN) includes 36 domestic programming services in which News Corporation holds interests. Together these networks reach more than 550 million subscribing television homes and represent one of the media industry's largest and most diverse programming groups. Fox Cable Networks span FX, FX HD, National Geographic Channel, National Geographic Channel HD, Fox Reality Channel, Fox Movie Channel, FUEL TV, FSN and 19 regional cable sports networks, SPEED, SPEED HD, Fox Soccer Channel, Fox College Sports, Fox Sports en Espanol and the Big Ten Network and Big Ten Network HD (co-venture with the Big Ten Conference). FCN also includes Fox Sports Enterprises, which manages interests in sports franchises and leading statistical information provider STATS, LLC.
Cable giant Comcast launched high-def service nationwide in 2001 and began offering the service in Colorado in 2003, said spokeswoman Cindy Parsons. In Colorado, Comcast offers 14 HD channels, including local channels. Parsons said Comcast plans to add more HD channels.
Warren Schlichting, Dish senior vice president of programming, said in a statement. that "Fox blacked out two of its news channels, using them as leverage to triple rates on sports and entertainment channels that are not in this contract."
Meanwhile, contract negotiations between Fox and Dish Network broke down last week, leaving the Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network dark for Dish customers. The blackout, according to Dish, was the result of Fox asking for fee increases for other channels and programming. Dish's recent negotiating has resulted in three service blackouts, including Turner Broadcasting and CBS.
The deal between broadcaster Fox and the third-largest TV signal provider in the nation brought an end to the blackout of cable channels FX, National Geographic Channel, and 19 regional sports networks to 14.3 million Dish customers that began Oct. 1.
The tentative deal comes more than two weeks after Fox pulled the signals of its New York and Philadelphia TV stations from Cablevision subscribers in New York, Connecticut and New Jersey. At issue were fees Fox wanted Cablevision to pay to carry those signals as well as the feeds for three cable channels -- Fox Business Network, Spanish sports channel Fox Desportes and National Geographic Wild.
Cablevision argued hard for the FCC to force Fox to accept a third-party mediator to no avail. Several politicians also put pressure on Fox, but the network did not budge, arguing that there was no need for government involvement in a business dispute. When Fox struck a deal with Dish, weeks after it had pulled 19 of its regional sports networks from the satellite broadcaster, it seemed that leverage had shifted to Fox.
In the past, broadcasters such as Fox have not been able to get cash for their local TV stations. Instead, they have launched cable networks such as FX that distributors would pay for and as part of the deal agree to carry the local TV stations. It was considered a win-win as the broadcasters got to create a new revenue stream with the cable channels and the distributors could claim to not be paying to carry local TV stations, which are available free on over-the-air television.
(AP) -- Cablevision customers missed part of the Oscars this year because of a broadcasting fee dispute. Are the baseball playoffs next? googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1449240174198-2'); }); By the time the Phillies take the field against the Giants on Saturday night, baseball fans hope a programming dispute between Fox and Cablevision will be only a distant memory.Both companies are digging in ahead of the expiration of their programming deal just after midnight Friday. Usually, disputes over carriage fees get resolved at the last minute. But if the standoff continues, some 3 million Cablevision subscribers, mostly in the New York area but also in Philadelphia, could lose access to Game 1 of Major League Baseball's National League championship series.In separate fee disputes this year, Cablevision customers have experienced brief blackouts of The Walt Disney Co.'s ABC broadcast signal and Scripps Networks Interactive Inc.'s Food Network and HGTV. Subscribers missed the first 15 minutes of the Oscars in the ABC dispute.Cablevision Systems Corp. has said News Corp.'s Fox is making "outrageous fee demands" for the right to carry the signals of three cable channels and three TV stations. The stations whose signals are in jeopardy are Fox5 and My9 in New York and Fox29 in Philadelphia. Subscribers could also lose access to cable channels Fox Business Network, NatGeo Wild and Fox Deportes.Cablevision says it pays $70 million a year for access to 12 Fox channels, including those in dispute, and that News Corp. is now asking for more than $150 million a year for the same programming. It said Thursday that it is willing to submit to binding arbitration and called on Fox not to pull the plug."While we would rather come to terms directly with News Corp., binding arbitration may be the best and fairest way to resolve this matter," said Cablevision spokesman Charles Schueler, in a statement.Fox rejected the call for arbitration, saying the process would "reward Cablevision for refusing to negotiate fairly.""Direct business-to-business negotiation is the only way to resolve this issue," it said.While Fox didn't dispute Cablevision's claims, it called Cablevision "hypocritical" because it pays more for two of its sister company channels, MSG and MSG Plus, than it does for all 12 Fox channels. MSG and MSG Plus are owned by Madison Square Garden Inc., which like Cablevision is controlled by the Dolan family.Lawmakers have begun to speak up on the issue, including Rep. Steve Israel, D-N.Y., and Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., who have called for arbitration so viewers won't have their TV programming disrupted.Rebecca Arbogast, a managing director at brokerage Stifel Nicolaus, said News Corp. and other broadcast company owners risk political intervention if they keep pushing carriage deals to the brink."The more that programming disputes escalate and signals get pulled .the more pressure we believe there will be on the (Federal Communications Commission) and Congress to do something to prevent such consumer disruptions," she wrote in a research note Thursday.In a separate dispute with satellite TV company Dish Network Corp., Fox cut access on Oct. 1 to 19 regional sports networks, FX and the National Geographic Channel for some 14.3 million Dish subscribers. That fight foreshadows more tough negotiations, as the deal for Fox broadcast signals on Dish expires Oct. 31. ©2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. 2b1af7f3a8