Post by dkennedy on Apr 25, 2006 3:44:12 GMT -5
OLN Back on Dish
April 24, 2006
By Steve Donohue, Multichannel News
Six months after dropping OLN, EchoStar Communications Corp. returned the Comcast Corp.-backed network to its Dish Network direct-broadcast satellite lineup Monday night in time for the 7 p.m. (EST) New York Rangers-New Jersey Devils National Hockey League playoff game.
OLN lost 3 million subscribers when EchoStar dropped the channel in October after a carriage dispute involving a new rate card OLN pushed after it acquired NHL cable rights.
While OLN has secured a spot on Dish, the channel won’t be distributed to all EchoStar customers. Only subscribers to its “America’s Top 180” package will get the network.
Terms of the deal weren't disclosed.
April 24, 2006
By Steve Donohue, Multichannel News
Six months after dropping OLN, EchoStar Communications Corp. returned the Comcast Corp.-backed network to its Dish Network direct-broadcast satellite lineup Monday night in time for the 7 p.m. (EST) New York Rangers-New Jersey Devils National Hockey League playoff game.
OLN lost 3 million subscribers when EchoStar dropped the channel in October after a carriage dispute involving a new rate card OLN pushed after it acquired NHL cable rights.
While OLN has secured a spot on Dish, the channel won’t be distributed to all EchoStar customers. Only subscribers to its “America’s Top 180” package will get the network.
Terms of the deal weren't disclosed.