Dish Network Files FCC Complaint Against Tegna
October 18 2021 - 12:44PM
Dow Jones News
By Kimberly Chin
Dish Network Corp. filed a Federal Communications Commission
complaint against Tegna Inc., claiming the TV-station operator
acted in "bad faith" during their latest negotiations over carriage
fees.
Earlier this month, Tegna removed its local stations from
roughly 3 million Dish TV subscribers in over 50 markets across the
country, Dish said.
"Tegna's demands were both unreasonable and inconsistent. This
behavior negatively impacts DISH subscribers, and we expect Tegna's
bad behavior to only get worse," Dish's Senior Vice President of
Programming Andy LeCuyer said.
The demands include having Dish pay for all subscribers in a
local market regardless of whether they receive or want Tegna's
programming or if they were Dish subscribers, the satellite
broadcaster said.
Tegna didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
Tegna said in late September that it is mulling acquisition
proposals for its stations.
Write to Kimberly Chin at kimberly.chin@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
October 18, 2021 12:29 ET (16:29 GMT)
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