Iceland12
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Looks like Dish and BTN haven't reached a long-term agreement and it will be dropped for Dish customers this Saturday (meaning you'll miss the UNH game):
http://blogs.desmoinesregister.com/dmr/index.php/2012/09/05/dish-and-the-big-ten-network-his-a-snag/
Hardly, we'll be at the game.
That's bad news though. Not hard to believe that Fox would start squeezing their competitors. Wonder when the Comcast contract is up?
comcast won't drop BTN. you notice how these issues are almost always between the satellite companies and different networks? very rarely is it between cable companies (i.e. comcast, time warner, charter, verizon fios, att-uverse, etc.) and the different networks. and almost always it is DISH being stupid and not directv. dish is a shoddy outfit, imo.
Comcast has had their share of disputes, but you're right Dish and Direct TV have had more and it's going to get worse. A lot of those have revolved around Fox programming and with Fox owning Direct TV it's always going to be an issue. Wonder where Direct TV's rates would head if Dish is driven out of the picture?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carriage_dispute
http://blog.streamingmedia.com/the_...issue-in-the-comcast-and-level-3-dispute.html
http://www.deadline.com/2012/07/hearst-time-warner-cable-carriage-dispute-stations/
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/arti...tops-carrying-tribune-channels-in-fee-dispute
http://www.advfn.com/nasdaq/StockNews.asp?stocknews=CMCSA&article=47112515
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304746604577380371987628862.html
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/ent...rally-in-fcc-dispute-with-tennis-channel.html
I can't wait for the day when we can simply pick the channels we want to watch and pay for them individually. Kim Kardashian, Honey Boo Boo, the Real Housewives and Snooki are making a killing off of my love of sports.