Dishnet sat TV questions
Looking at buying a KING VQ4510 Tailgater Bundle - Portable Satellite TV Antenna and DISH HD Solo ViP 211z Receiver (two) Any pros or cons to this system? I have the old 2008 in motion Kingdom sys...
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Bigdog wrote:
The only problem we have now is that Dish is in contract negotiations with Fox 13, which is the Seahawks broadcast station and they can't get together on price, SOOoo Dish does their usual tactic and we're blacked out
The blackout is NOT a Dish "tactic". Once the current carriage agreement expires, Dish is legally required to drop the station unless the other side agrees to an extension. Dish routinely offers station owners a "make whole" extension agreement where once a new contract price is settled, Dish pays the difference back to the previous contract expiration date. But station owners typically prefer to hold the subscribers hostage in an attempt to force Dish to pay higher prices. Then there are companies like Tribune that refuse to even meet to negotiate for 5 weeks...
