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 Dish: AMC Not Coming Back Anytime Soon
 By Swanni

Washington, D.C. (September 14, 2012) -- There have been rumors that Dish will end its 10-week fee fight with AMC before next month's season debut of The Walking Dead. The zombie show generates roughly nine million viewers per episode, a hard show for a TV provider to go without. But Dish CEO Joe Clayton yesterday said he doesn't expect AMC or The Walking Dead to return anytime soon.

Speaking at a promotional event for new Dish on-air personality Glenn Beck, Clayton was asked if AMC would return soon. "Not that I'm aware of," he responded, according to Entertainment Weekly.

AMC Network, which owns AMC and its two sister networks, WE TV and IFC, charges that Dish is playing hardball because it's still bitter over a lawsuit filed by Voom over the loss of its carriage deal with the satcaster. (Voom is indirectly owned by AMC.)

But Clayton said yesterday that the real issue is that AMC is asking for too much money to carry their channels, particularly when you include WE TV and IFC in the deal.

"We would be amenable to looking at AMC, a channel that resonates with out total customer base, but not with all the hang-ons," he said, according to Entertainment Weekly. "Until we have a better alternative with nothing to drag a lot of stuff with it, we don't see anything on the near horizon. (But) never say never."
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