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Monday, January 5, 2015
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Local DISH retailer took advantage of Cable ONE and KXII negotiation squabble “Those situations never work out as well for the customers in my opinion." said Cavender. "We want to take care of these people. They are our friends, our neighbors, our schoolmates and family. I really mean that.”
with Gray Television for the right to retransmit their stations and we have made every effort to reach a fair deal. However, Gray Television is demanding a triple digit rate increase and they have refused our counter proposal to pay a rate that is consistent with what these networks are The finger-pointing began to get ugly on Saturday receiving in other markets. As a result, Gray as KXII had this statement on their Facebook Television removed their channels from the page: Cable ONE channel line-up on January 2. Cable ONE has successfully negotiated for the "Our company has never before had a cable carriage of hundreds of broadcast stations and operator or satellite company drop our stations. we hope to do so with Gray Television very Cable One, in contrast, has a long history of soon. taking channels off their cable systems to gain leverage in their commercial negotiations. In this Cavender said that TV contracts and occasional case, KXII-TV offered Cable One the VERY outages are unfortunate but do happen to every SAME TERMS to purchase our programming that provider in the pay TV industry. He said that have been accepted by dozens and dozens of their Cable ONE has a recent history of giving up on Chris Cavender of Cavender Home Theater larger and smaller competitors. Cable One trying to settle issues with programmers. refused. We then offered Cable One a routine With the back and forth finger-pointing that extension of the deadline. Cable One refused an "Last March they took off 15 channels from went on between Cable ONE and KXII this extension also. Instead, it chose to once again use ViaCom such as TV Land, Nickelodeon, MTV, weekend, a local Howe graduate Chris Cavender, who owns Cavender Home Theater, its customers as pawns and to publicize materially VH1, BET, and many more." said Cavender. "They never put them back on. It is rumored seemed to be one of the few winners in the deal. false statements to the public about its conduct. Cavender is saw a jump in DISH Network sales Incredibly, through all this, Cable One charges its that a similar situation is brewing between Cable ONE and NBC Universal. DISH has since the announcement came out about Cable customers the same fees despite providing ever fewer of the most popular channels. It is time for negotiated settlements this year with CBS, ONE no longer carrying the local channel. Cable One to put their customers first and return Turner, CNN, and many more. DISH is Cavender is a local DISH Network retailer that to the negotiating table like everyone else. Or its negotiating now with Fox News, not to be provides the same service and same cost as the customers should find another pay-TV provider." confused with the Fox Broadcast Network. All our local channels are intact." big company. The only difference is that Cavender’s customers are supporting local small That statement came after a post from Cable One post on their Facebook page on Friday evening: The Dallas Cowboys have played a major role business by calling him instead of an 800 in the North Texas television market in the past number. However, Cavender wants people to "For several weeks we have been in negotiations not get upset and just order anything. Continued on Page #10
