Dish Network Files FCC Complaint Against Tegna -- Update
19 October 2021 - 7:48AM
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 called the claims "baseless and without merit" and said
Dish had dropped hundreds of channels last year after refusing to
reach an agreement with it.
"Tegna has been steadfast in insisting that all we want is to
reach a fair deal, and we have worked constructively to achieve
that goal," Tegna said in an emailed statement, adding that it
believed its terms and conditions were fair and reflective of the
marketplace.
Tegna said in late September that it is mulling acquisition
proposals for its stations.
Write to Kimberly Chin at kimberly.chin@wsj.com
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