Dish Drops Variety of RSNs
Dish Network and NBC regional sports networks faulted each other for a blackout of the RSNs on Dish and its Sling TV. Dish said Thursday it dropped the RSNs and Mid-Atlantic Sports Network (MASN) due to rising rates. The "fundamentally…
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broken" RSN model "requires nearly all customers to pay for RSNs when only a small percentage of customers actually watch them," said Dish TV Group President Brian Neylon. "As the cost of these channels continues to escalate, we no longer think it makes sense to include them in our TV lineup." Dish said the blackout is affecting viewers in 10 states and the District of Columbia. An NBC RSN spokesperson said it "offered to continue distribution on fair market terms," but the terms were declined. MASN didn't comment.