Pirates fans watching today’s game against the Chicago Cubs on DISH Network got a disappointing outcome even before the Pirates trailed by 7 at the top of the fourth inning: DISH Network dropped AT&T SportsNet mid-game.
Representatives for AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh and DISH Network did not immediately respond. But a statement posted to AT&T SportsNet’s website said the satellite company dropped its channel.
“While we are disappointed, we are not surprised,” reads the statement. “DISH Network does not carry any regional sports network (“RSN”) except NESN (Red Sox and Bruins), which is the only RSN left on DISH Network.”
AT&T SportsNet said during negotiations “we proposed a very favorable deal for DISH that other large distributors have accepted.
”DISH Network was only willing to engage on very non-standard terms to continue distributing the Networks. No other RSN in the country has accepted the terms DISH proposed to us.”
While such disagreements that pit channels against a distributor often come to an eventual end, that may not be the case this time as reporting suggests DISH executives have soured on regional sports networks with DISH dropping multiple RSNs in recent years.
AT&T SportsNet is available through other cable companies and via streaming services DIRECTV Stream and fuboTV.
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