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More than 60 Univision O & O stations have fallen into oblivion on Dish's national platforms as companies compete for a new transportation contract.
The Univision Univision Deportes and Galavision chains and cable operators fell at 4 pm PT as the previous contract has expired.
The parties have been negotiating a new deal for weeks. Friday evening, Dish said the talks were deadlocked
"Given the current events affecting the Hispanic community, we are asking Univision to return its signal to DISH, DishLATINO and Sling TV customers as soon as This is not the time to make outrageous demands to make up for bad business decisions, or, as many have suggested, better position themselves for a sale, "said Alfredo Rodríguez Diaz-Marta, vice president of DishLatino and Sling.
Dish said he rejected his bid for a two-week contract extension to allow the talks to continue uninterrupted service for Dish and Sling customers. "It is outrageous that Dish has rejected our bid for a two-week contract extension to allow its customers and viewers to continue to have access to the highly rated networks and stations of Univision." that Dish regularly used blackouts against broadcasters – its 68 broadcast cuts since 2010 are significantly more than any other distributor at that time – Univision was expecting Dish to take our negotiations and its commitment to consumers seriously Hispanics Univision said in a statement
The conflict between Dish and Univision is the latest example of tension between programmers and MVPDs as the traditional TV ecosystem adjusts. Audience migration to on-demand platforms and the influx of consumer direct-to-consumer platforms such as Netflix
