DISH Renews FCC Complaint Against Sinclair

DISH Network L.L.C. renewed a formal complaint with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) accusing Sinclair Broadcasting of failing to negotiate in good faith as called for by Congress. DISH accuses Sinclair of orchestrating the largest blackout in U.S. television history as a means to force DISH to carry a cable channel Sinclair hopes to acquire, but does not even own today. On Tuesday afternoon, Sinclair blacked out DISH customer access to 129 stations serving 79 markets in 36 states and the District of Columbia as a contract extension between the two parties expired. "We are calling on the FCC to intervene in Sinclair's senseless blackout that needlessly punishes consumers despite an agreement on rates and