Gray Media Accuses Dish of Violating Retransmission Consent Rules

Gray Media accuses Dish of violating retransmission consent rules

A Dish Network satellite dish. (Photo by Cody Logan via Wikimedia Commons, Graphic by The Desk) Gray Media has accused satellite broadcaster Dish Network of violating its copyright by offering a local television station in Tennessee to hotels and other commercial establishments through its business-to-business services. In a complaint submitted to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) this week, Gray Media said its Senior Vice President of…

Gray Sues Dish and Files FCC Complaint Over Retransmission Fights

Gray Media is taking retransmission-related complaints against Dish Network to both the FCC and federal court. In an FCC complaint posted Monday in docket 12-1, Gray reported unauthorized retransmission of WVLT-TV Knoxville "and, presumably, other Stations owned by Gray" to...

Not So SMARTBOX? Gray Accuses Dish Of Carriage Violation

LAS VEGAS — With many of Gray Media‘s regulatory policy leaders in attendance at the 2026 NAB Show, which concludes Wednesday, the broadcast television station group’s attorney at Washington law firm Cooley LLP has submitted a formal complain to the FCC that claims DISH Network is in violation of retransmission consent rules. How so? A CBS affiliate in Knoxville can be seen at a local hotel. Why is this a problem? The hotel’s TV service is throu…

Gray Media Accuses DISH of Providing TV Signals without Authorization

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