Retrans Impasse Forces Univision DISH Dump
July 3, 2018
By Adam Jacobson
Thousands of miles away in Russia, some of the most bruising battles in the world are being waged on a finely mowed pitch, as nations wage war against nations in the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
The media company that lost the U.S. Spanish-language broadcast rights to Telemundo now finds itself in its own firefight, a swiftly escalating struggle that was already resulted in a war of words and exchanges full of accusations, finger-pointing and braggadocio.
Univision‘s networks have been dropped from DISH Network, by law, in the absence of a new retransmission fee agreement. This includes affiliates not owned by Univision.
It looks like a resolution and new deal may not be reached for a long time.
Courtesy of Radio & Television Business Report