Dispatch Stations Dark on Dish

Dispatch Broadcast stations WBNS Columbus and WTHR
Indianapolis are dark for Dish Network subscribers following a retransmission
consent disagreement between the two companies.

The station sites say negotiations are ongoing.

"We will continue to negotiate in good faith, and thank
you for your support," says WBNS site 10tv.com, which suggests viewers get
their news and information on the station site or through a digital app.

Dish suggested Dispatch was not negotiating in good faith. "Dish has twice offered an extension to allow us to continue to provide these stations to our customers during the negotiations; however, Dispatch rejected those offers," said the company in a statement. "After Dispatch blocked the stations from Dish customers, Dispatch made contract proposals that they inaccurately describe as extensions. Those proposals included conditions that Dispatch knew Dish could not legally or technically fulfill. In comparison."

Michael Malone

Michael Malone, senior content producer at B+C/Multichannel News, covers network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television. He hosts the podcasts Busted Pilot, about what’s new in television, and Series Business, a chat with the creator of a new program, and writes the column “The Watchman.” He joined B+C in 2005. His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Playboy and New York magazine.