It's a frustrating scenario for television viewers: you're settled in for the night, ready to watch your favorite show, and suddenly the channel goes black. That's what happened for 850,000 Dish Network subscribers who lost access to stations owned by Mission Broadcasting and White Knight Broadcasting due to a fee dispute.

According to Brian Neylon, group president of Dish TV, both programming groups rejected Dish's contract extension offers to keep programming available while the two sides continued to negotiate. Neylon added that the demanded fees were unreasonable given that viewership on Dish for both Mission and White Knight has significantly declined over the past three years, indicating that many viewers have moved on to other channels.

Mission Broadcasting is currently in a fee dispute with DirecTV that began in October, and Mission's WPIX station was also blacked out to Comcast subscribers in December. Dish is also involved in a blackout of Cox Media Group stations.

Negotiations between broadcasters and television providers can be contentious, with each side fighting for their own interests. In this case, Mission and White Knight are reportedly seeking higher rates, while Dish is trying to keep prices as low as possible for its customers.

It's worth noting that the stations involved in this dispute are operated by Nexstar Media Group under local management agreements, but Nexstar said it doesn't handle retransmission consent fee negotiations.

In the end the two sides will come to an agreement, the details of the agreement will not be made public and customers will see their bills go up.

It’s all about the greed.