Here We Go Again...

The Meredith TV stations fell off Dish Network as the two sides are now in a retrans pissing match over how much of your money they should take.

“Meredith has been trying for months to get Dish Network to negotiate seriously and reaching a deal is our top priority,” said Meredith Local Media Group president Patrick McCreery in a press release. “We know the vital local news, emergency information, and top-rated sports and entertainment programming we provide are important to Dish’s customers, and we hope Dish will make it a priority to reach a deal too. Meredith stands ready, willing and able to reach a fair deal with Dish. Meredith has successfully completed hundreds of carriage agreements, and there is still time for Dish to reach a deal too.”

Eventually, the two sides will come to an agreement in which the details will not be released. Then in a few months, customers of Dish will see their bill increase and wonder why?

Nexstar is still off of DirecTV has their pissing match continues and they may soon be joined by the CBS stations.

CBS says that the O&O television stations in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, Dallas, San Francisco, Boston, Atlanta, Tampa, Seattle, Detroit, Minneapolis, Miami, Denver, Sacramento, Pittsburgh and Baltimore will fall off DirecTV at 11:00 PM, PT on July 19.

Also, DIRECTV NOW customers nationwide would lose the CBS Television Network’s programming as well.

The rich get richer…

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