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Dish Network Drops Four Disney HD Channels

Dish Network has dropped four Walt Disney Company owned high-definition channels in fee dispute. The HD channels that are removed from its HD programming lineup are:

  • ABC Family HD
  • Disney Channel HD
  • Disney XD HD and
  • ESPNews HD

The satcaster is still offering the standard definition channels. Dish Network has stated that Disney is seeking for more carriage fees.

Dish Network briefed that it offers all subscribers ‘HD Free for Life’ and this is possible because the satcaster negotiates fair amount for the HD channels.

Dish Network said “We offer all customers ‘HD Free for Life,’ which is possible because we are committed to negotiating fair contracts that allow us to keep our prices low. That is why we could not agree to the significant fees requested by Disney and ESPN Networks.”

Disney said, “Our position is that Dish Network is not entitled to carry ABC Family HD, Disney Channel HD, Disney XD HD and ESPNews HD without paying compensation. We hope that Dish will work with us to reach an agreement so that we can make these HD networks available to their customers.”

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This entry was posted on Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010 at 3:00 pm and is filed under DISH Network, HD Programming, Media News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

One Response to “Dish Network Drops Four Disney HD Channels”

  1. Not a great thing of course; but Dish network adds more channels and programming faster than any other network so this is still the best deal in town if you ask me.

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