DISH Network subscribers can rejoice -- or at least rejoice in Fox programming. The satellite provider just announced a wide-ranging distribution agreement that would keep and/or resume all FOX programming in major cities across the U.S.
For weeks now, DISH subscribers have been mourning the loss of FOX's 19 regional sports networks, as well as FX and the National Geographic Channel. FOX had publicly announced plans to pull all network affiliates if a deal couldn't be made by October 31, 2010.
"After prolonged negotiations to reach a fair deal, we're pleased to enter into a long term agreement with Fox and to assure our customers that they can continue to enjoy these channels," said Dave Shull, senior VP of programming for DISH Network. "We thank our customers, our retail and channel partners, and our employees for their support through these negotiations, which we believe resulted in a fair deal that reinforces DISH Network's position as the best value in television."
DISH Network will continue to provide programming from the local Fox and MyNet television stations in the following markets: Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore (MyNet 24 only), Boston, Chicago, Cleveland/Akron, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Gainesville (FL), Greensboro/Winston-Salem, Houston, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Memphis, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, New York, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, St. Louis, Salt Lake City, Tampa, and Washington D.C. This should be a huge relief to baseball fans, as well as fans of other popular FOX programs, such as Sons of Anarchy and even Glee and The Simpsons.
Cablevision subscribers, affected by a similar outage of Fox channels since October 16th, will also have their Fox channels restored shortly, according to an article in the Financial Times.
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