Dish and Hoak Media reached a multi-year retransmission consent agreement...
Dish and Hoak Media reached a multi-year retransmission consent agreement to resume carriage of the broadcaster’s TV stations. The retrans agreement comes after Hoak last week blocked Dish’s ability to transmit 14 stations in six states, including Colorado, North Dakota…
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and Louisiana. Despite the agreement, “the fact remains that Hoak exploited outdated retransmission rules to pull the plug on 14 stations,” the American Television Alliance said. “Until Congress and the FCC reform retransmission consent rules, broadcasters will continue their games of dragging consumers into business negotiations.” Dish said last week that Hoak insisted on a rate increase of more than 200 percent and “that Dish eliminate customer-enabled commercial-skipping technology found on its Hopper Whole-Home DVRs.” Analysts and lawyers have said the ad-skipping DVR could become an issue in retrans deals involving stations and Dish, which is a member of the TV alliance that seeks changes to retrans rules. Hoak had no comment, and other broadcasters have said retrans works.