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News Digest
Fox Pulls Dish Network Warning
TVPredictions.com
Washington, D.C. (September 10,
2010) --
Fox has pulled a
warning notice at a local station's web site suggesting that
Dish Network could lose all Fox programming over the next two
months.
Earlier this week, WDFW-TV, the Dallas affiliate for Fox, posted
a page at MyFoxDFW.com that said Dish may stop carrying Fox Sports, FX and
National Geographic on October 1. And the satcaster could stop
carrying the local Fox affiliates on November 1, the notice
said.
The notice was picked up by Google News, and subsequently,
written about here at TVPredictions.com. However, yesterday, the
Dallas station pulled the warning notice page without comment.
It's possible that Fox and Dish Network have made some progress
in talks to reach a new programming agreement before October 1.
However, it's also possible that the Fox station in Dallas
posted the warning notice prematurely and then pulled it when
TVPredictions.com published an article about it.
If an agreement is not reached, it would mean that Dish viewers
would lose everything from Fox's new fall season to regional
sports broadcast by Fox Sports channels to Sons of Anarchy on
FX.
Battles between TV providers and programmers have escalated in
recent months with programmers asking for increases to carry
their lineups. In June, Dish was forced to drop four Disney
high-def channels when it could not reach a new carriage
agreement with the programmer; the channels are still off the
air.
See
more below.
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The warning notice for WDFW said Dish subscribers should go to getwhatIpaidfor.com to get more information about the programming dispute. However, as of this morning, the web site had not been established.
The notice also said viewers could call 1-877-99-I-PAID for more information. The line was busy when called several times this week by TVPredictions.com.
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