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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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Phillip Swann is president and publisher of TVPredictions.com. He has been quoted in dozens of publications and broadcast outlets, including CNN, Fox News, Inside Edition, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, The Financial Times, The Associated Press and The Hollywood Reporter. He can be reached at swann@tvpredictions.com or at 703-505-3064.

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