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Update 8pm ET [August 26, 2015]: The blackout ended today following an emergency meeting, as Dish and Sinclair agreed to put the stations back on the air while they continue to negotiate.
"On behalf of more than 5 million consumers nationwide, I am pleased Dish and Sinclair have agreed to end one of the largest blackouts in history and extend their negotiations," FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler said in a statement. "The FCC will remain vigilant while the negotiations continue."
Original story:
Dish Network today said its customers are experiencing "the largest blackout in US television history," all because of a money dispute between Dish and Sinclair Broadcast Group.
129 stations in 36 states and Washington, DC, went dark yesterday afternoon, affecting about 5 million Dish customers. Overall, Sinclair owns or operates 153 stations, with 87 of them being "affiliates of the four major broadcast networks—CBS, NBC, ABC, and Fox—meaning customers lost access to local and national news programming as well as sports carried by those stations," The Wall Street Journal reported.
Did the growing trend of cord-cutting spur the emergency meeting, or was it the activity happening outside their windows?
(Score: 3, Interesting) by kurenai.tsubasa on Saturday August 29 2015, @02:53AM
Not only that, but consider rare, hard-to-find films. My go-to example is Hercules and the Amazon Women. I ended up watching it on youtube (except part #2, which was missing) because the torrent was only sporadically seeded. (Currently permaseeding due to rarity.) $85 for a copy at Amazon.com (of all places)! A mediocre made-for-TV movie is not worth $85! Sure, there's Kevin Sorbo as Hercules, but this was before Sam Raimi was in on the franchise. I mean, it's not bad, but it's not spectacular.
Another example is the BBC's production of C. S. Lewis' The Silver Chair (with Tom Baker as Puddleglum). Using Amazon.com again, it's going for $25 (although it looks like you also get their equally dull production of Voyage of the Dawn Treader on that DVD). If you're a big enough fan, maybe it's worth $25. Personally, I thought it was tedious. Nevertheless, also permaseeding due to rarity.
Finally, there are films like Wizards [imdb.com] . I don't think I would have ever given that one a chance at any price. I'm still not certain whether it's genius or crap, but I'm erring on genius. It's not every day you fire up some random fantasy movie and find yourself presented with an evil wizard that uses Nazi propaganda reels to amass his army!
(Score: 2) by sudo rm -rf on Saturday August 29 2015, @05:47AM
Wizards
What the... You just saved my sunday evening!
(Score: 2) by jdavidb on Saturday August 29 2015, @02:30PM
ⓋⒶ☮✝🕊 Secession is the right of all sentient beings