Dish, Fort Myers Broadcasting Blame Each Other for Blackout
Dish Network and Fort Myers Broadcasting (FMB) blamed each other for a blackout of WINK-TV Fort Myers, Florida, which started Saturday on the Dish lineup. Dish said it made "a fair offer" and FMB "is using our customers as bargaining…
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chips." FMB said the two have been in talks since November, and the broadcaster's proposals "are the same or similar as what have been agreed to by all of DISH’s cable and satellite competitors."