Dish Network lent its support to a so-called quiet period so carr...
Dish Network lent its support to a so-called quiet period so carriage disputes between broadcasters and pay-TV providers wouldn’t mean the loss of signals to viewers around the time of the digital TV transition. In an FCC filing Tuesday,…
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the satellite-TV provider said it agreed with small cable operators, which first sought the pause, that retransmission consent disagreements shouldn’t be allowed to “undermine” the transition. The period “would maintain the status quo during the fragile period,” it said. The commission should approve a quiet period and change the retransmission consent process, which is “broken,” Dish added, citing “demands by broadcasters for exponential increases” in rates. The commission should require broadcasters to let pay-TV companies carry each affiliated TV station and cable channel individually and not only in bundles, it said.