Dish Network urged the FCC to hold a hearing or...
Dish Network urged the FCC to hold a hearing or ask “searching questions” on Media General buying New Young Broadcasting. In retransmission consent negotiations with Dish, Media General “has attempted to extend the retransmission terms it demands for its stations…
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to the Young stations, too,” said Dish in a letter in docket 13-191 (http://bit.ly/17nUBtQ). Programming from Media General stations in 17 markets hasn’t been available to Dish subscribers in those markets since Oct. 1 (CD Oct 3 p13). Dish filed a complaint with the FCC against Media General (CD Oct 21 p7). This conduct “may reflect improper coordination between the two companies, as the two applicants are still separate competitors,” and it shows a “propensity to engage in further anticompetitive behavior that is relevant to the commission’s public interest evaluation,” Dish said. It asked the FCC to condition the Media General/New Young deal “on baseball-style arbitration and a standstill provision in the event of retransmission impasses, modeled on the corresponding condition imposed in NBC-Comcast.” Dish’s letter “is nothing new and represents a continuation of the meritless claims made in their Oct. 18 complaint,” a Media General spokeswoman said.