Via Directsattv.com - DISH Pushes the Envelope
As autumn approaches, we are treated to the most exciting time for sports. Baseball is heading toward its climax, the football season is hitting its stride, and the basketball and hockey seasons are just about to begin. For any sports fan, autumn is the golden age of the year, the time when everything converges into a bacchanalia of adrenaline and violence. It's a season where the vast majority of your time is spent on the couch, remote in hand, flipping between various events. Your wing-man in this endeavor is your satellite subscriber, your trusty friend there to deliver all the sports packages you require at the push of a button.
Unfortunately, DISH subscribers have had a rude awakening this fall, as the satellite provider continues to engage in a contract dispute with FOX, and as a result, all FOX owned regional sports channels. The Fox Sports Net schedule has been blacked out on DISH, as have many other premium channels locked in pricing disputes. In response, the direct broadcast satellite company has attempted to have the FCC step in to keep programming alive as the two sides negotiate. However, barring government intervention, FOX has stated they will continue to block all programming on the Fox Sports Net schedule until a contract is reached, thereby creating the leverage necessary to have DISH meet its demands. FOX will remove the channels altogether at the end of the month.
DISH Network has banded together with the American Television Alliance to fight the current retransmission rules, which dictate that a company can block or remove channels during contract disputes. The Independent Telephone and Telecommunications Alliance has also expressed concern over this matter, but ultimately consumers will have little say as DISH loses all of the channels listed on the Fox Sports Net schedule .
Meanwhile, as the sports season reaches its apex FOX continues to gain ratings, moving up eight percent in overall ratings. While the viewers of the regional sports network continue to escalate, the chances of FOX Sports remaining with DISH continue to decline. Some analysts believe the dispute will drag into November and possibly the new year. Many experts believe DISH has no intention of caving into demands in a month, which would only result in unhappy customers and lost subscribers. On the contrary, DISH is in this battle for the long haul, which makes watching the Fox Sports Net schedule only available on competitors like DIRECTV. If you want to be sure to catch all the regional sports programming in your area, you should call 866-310-4985 for Fox Sports Net schedule on DIRECTV.
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