FOX News ratings change little despite dispute with Dish
FOX News’ holiday ratings were down, but a closer examination show this to be the norm, not an effect of the Dish Network dispute.
Dish Network is a direct-to-home satellite television company. It operates Dish Network satellite TV, streaming service Sling TV and the wireless phone company Boost Mobile. The company is headquartered in Englewood, Colorado.
FOX News’ holiday ratings were down, but a closer examination show this to be the norm, not an effect of the Dish Network dispute.
The ongoing spat between Dish Network and the FOX News Channel is proving to be a benefit to at least one news startup.
Dish Network has dropped the FOX News suite of channels, including FOX Business, amid a carriage dispute with FOX Entertainment Group.
Dish Network customers are without CNN, HLN, the Cartoon Network and a handful of other Turner-owned channels after the two companies failed to renew a retransmission agreement this week.
Dish Network, the second-largest satellite television provider in the United States, could lose ESPN and other Disney-operated cable channels at the start of October.