Today, DISH Network L.L.C. filed a Verified Retransmission Complaint
asserting, among other things, that in direct violation of Federal
Communications Commission (FCC) rules mandated by the STELA
Reauthorization Act of 2014 (STELAR), Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. is
refusing to negotiate with DISH for retransmission consent for
Sinclair's stations unless DISH also agrees to allow Sinclair to
negotiate for 32 stations that Sinclair does not control and are in the
same markets as Sinclair stations.
The retransmission consent contract between DISH and Sinclair expires
tonight at 11:59 p.m. EDT.
DISH also charges that in violation of FCC regulation, Sinclair has
assumed a unilateral stance to its negotiations, including the refusal
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