Accuracy in Media

Fox News and Dish Network have agreed to a new carriage agreement that restores the top-rated cable news network programming to the satellite TV provider after a nearly four week absence.

Following on the heels of upbeat year-end messages from MSNBC president Phil Griffin and CNN president Jeff Zucker, Fox News chairman and CEO Roger Ailes emailed his staff a similarly upbeat message this week, thanking them for their hard work, and reminding them that just because they are the runaway number one cable news network, […]

Dish Network, which is locked in a negotiation battle over carriage fees with Fox News Channel, thinks it can placate subscribers by temporarily replacing the top-rated cable news network with conservative Glenn Beck’s The Blaze network. (via TVNewser)  

The carriage fight between Fox News and Dish Network got a little nastier after Dish Network CEO Charlie Ergen accused Fox executives of “extortion” during their contract negotiations. Both sides are standing firm at the moment, though Dish has settled previous fights with CBS and CNN over what it perceived as exorbitant rate increases. Considering […]

CNN, which has been struggling in the ratings, was dealt a big blow late Monday when the cable news network, along with other Turner Broadcasting channels, were removed from Dish Network after the two companies failed to reach an agreement on programming fees. Dish moved quickly to replace CNN with MSNBC, and told customers to go […]