Dish Chairman Charlie Ergen On Intensifying Sinclair Carriage Fight: “We’re Not Interested In Taxing Our Customers”
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deadline.comOngoing carriage friction between Dish Network and Sinclair Broadcast Group could soon intensify, with Sinclair warning that 112 of its local TV stations could soon go dark on the pay-TV provider.In a press release, Sinclair said the stations, which serve 38% of Dish’s 11 million satellite and streaming customers, could vanish August 16 unless the parties can reach terms.
Sinclair is the No. 2 owner of local stations in the U.S. It also owns a string of regional sports networks, a longtime Fox-branded portfolio acquired from Disney in 2019 after Sinclair led an investment consortium.
Those RSNs, now under the Bally’s brand name, have been off Dish for more than two years.In an earnings conference call with Wall Street analysts, Dish
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