Pittsburgh Pirates fans watching today’s game against the Chicago Cubs on DISH Network got a disappointing outcome even before the Pirates trailed by 7 at the top of the fourth inning: DISH Network dropped AT&T SportsNet mid-game.
A statement posted to AT&T SportsNet’s website said the satellite company dropped its channel.
“While we are disappointed, we are not surprised,” reads the statement. “DISH Network does not carry any regional sports network (“RSN”) except NESN (Red Sox and Bruins), which is the only RSN left on DISH Network.”
AT&T SportsNet, which also airs Penguins games, said during negotiations “we proposed a very favorable deal for DISH that other large distributors have accepted.
“DISH Network was only willing to engage on very non-standard terms to continue distributing the Networks. No other RSN in the country has accepted the terms DISH proposed to us.”
While such disagreements that pit channels against a distributor often come to an eventual end, that may not be the case this time as reporting suggests DISH executives have soured on regional sports networks with DISH dropping multiple RSNs in recent years.
In addition to AT&T SportsNet, DISH said it also dropped Root Sports regional sports networks.
“The current RSN model is fundamentally broken,” said Brian Neylon, group president, DISH TV. “This model requires nearly all customers to pay for RSNs when only a small percentage of customers actually watch them.”
DISH called RSNs an inequitable and antiquated model due to the rise of a la carte viewing options and specialized streaming services. The company said it proposed a “consumer-friendly” a la carte subscription model to the dropped channels that was rejected.
AT&T SportsNet is available through other cable companies and via streaming services DIRECTV Stream and fuboTV.
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