[oh8eleven]

Our local Maine affiliate, WABI TV Bangor has blacked out all Dish customers.
If it's a local station, use an antenna to get their signal.

[Buckeye McFrog]

For a local television station serving rural Maine, this is an incredibly stupid decision.

[Vermont Lt]

TV is not a right. They are capitalists, just like everyone else.

[TomGuy]

My cable (Cox) and some local/cable networks go through this when their contract negotiations are taking place.

Cable accuses the channel/network of wanting too much money.

Channel/network accuses Cable of being unreasonable by wanting to pay too little.

Both threaten the viewership that the other one is responsible for the potential loss of that channel/network. Occasionally, the channel/network will go black for a few days and, then, miraculously, they come to a meeting of the minds (they settle on the $$$ issue).

[KarlInOhio]

Can Dish contract with a non-local CBS station? Maybe the Boston station would like some viewers in Maine.

[US_MilitaryRules]

Get Direct TV!

[camle]

does the tv station do live streaming?

[virgil283]

If your home is a certain distance for a nearby city some satellite providers allow you to choose what nearby city you want to receive local channels from.

So to prevent this type of near extortion the satalitte provider should be allowed to select another broadcaster for the same network from another town as a substitute......

[LoneRangerMassachusetts]

I can't imagine a football season with no CBS games and no Patriots games.

I can. Find something interesting to do.