Millions of Dish customers could lose access to NBC and its sister cable networks as a possible blackout looms.
Locked in a negotiations battle with Dish over a new carriage contract, NBCUniversal on Monday launched a public campaign urging Dish customers to contact the carrier and ask that it not to drop the company’s networks.
If the two sides fail to reach a new deal, Dish customers could lose access to cable networks USA, Bravo, Syfy, MSNBC and CNBC as early as Sunday. Dish would also lose retransmission rights for 10 network-owned NBC local stations and 16 Telemundo stations in markets including Los Angeles, New York, Dallas, Chicago and Miami.
“We are disappointed that Dish would deny its subscribers access to valuable programming on NBC, Telemundo, USA, Syfy, Bravo, CNBC, MSNBC and more,” a NBCUniversal spokesperson said in a statement. “NBCUniversal has the most-watched portfolio in the U.S. and on Dish systems,...
Locked in a negotiations battle with Dish over a new carriage contract, NBCUniversal on Monday launched a public campaign urging Dish customers to contact the carrier and ask that it not to drop the company’s networks.
If the two sides fail to reach a new deal, Dish customers could lose access to cable networks USA, Bravo, Syfy, MSNBC and CNBC as early as Sunday. Dish would also lose retransmission rights for 10 network-owned NBC local stations and 16 Telemundo stations in markets including Los Angeles, New York, Dallas, Chicago and Miami.
“We are disappointed that Dish would deny its subscribers access to valuable programming on NBC, Telemundo, USA, Syfy, Bravo, CNBC, MSNBC and more,” a NBCUniversal spokesperson said in a statement. “NBCUniversal has the most-watched portfolio in the U.S. and on Dish systems,...
- 3/15/2016
- by Daniel Holloway
- Variety - TV News
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