Fox News, Dish Say They Aren't Talking As Blackout Continues Tuesday Dec 23 2014 10:19 EDT Over the week Dish Network customers lost access to the Fox News Channel, after the two sides couldn't come to a reasonable agreement on new retransmission fees. Since then, the two sides have been telling news outlets they've simply stopped negotiating entirely, and it seems unlikely the stand off is going to be settled before Christmas, or even potentially before the start of the new year, as the pace of most business deals slow for Santa. As in most feuds of this type, both sides are busy trying to get consumers to get mad at the other guy. Fox's advertising and website campaigns are particularly vocal, and they appear to be successful in directing a lot of annoyed customers in Dish's direction: quote: Since 6 a.m. Sunday, over 12,000 calls have been placed to Fox–and 7,000 of them asked to be connected to Dish to disconnect their service. The network reports 22,000 viewer emails have been sent to Dish to object to the Fox blackout, and viewers have swarmed the Dish Facebook page. Fox’s Carry says Dish has agitated a very powerful audience. “Relative to any other fight they’ve had, they’ve never had a viewer as personally invested as Fox News. Our viewers are invested. They have a personal relationship with us."
As with other fights the disagreement levy will break eventually, the two sides will strike a confidential new carriage agreement, and Dish customers will be greeted with rate hikes sometime early in the new year. |
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the truth dies via those that forget history of propaganda I'll just leave this here |
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh | | amarryatVerizon FiOS join:2005-05-02 Marshfield, MA
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A La Carte...would solve this problem, as subscribers would see how much each channel costs them and could decide on their own whether or not to subscribe. | | michieru Premium Member join:2009-07-25 Denver, CO
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michieru
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2014-Dec-23 1:00 pm
!What is Dish doing to offset the cost of the channel missing?
The reason I ask, customers may reconsider complaining about the missing channel if they see a new monthly rate price drop of $5 or more. It can be applied as a rebate to customers bill. If Dish was really attempting to keep prices from skyrocketing for their consumers this is the proper way to go. If the monthly costs do not drop then the perception is that people are getting less for more and defeats their argument. | |
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