The second largest US satellite TV supplier, Dish Network have revealed they will soon ditch channels supplied by AMC Networks due (they say) to low viewer numbers.
Dish to drop AMC contentAMC supply channels that show hit series such as Mad Men and The Walking Dead amongst other, and it seems that the cost to reward ratio is not good enough. Dish say that AMC Networks are demanding a “high renewal cost when compared to their low viewership.”
A statement from Dish said they had decided to drop the channels IFC, Sundance, WE and the AMC Network’s flagship AMC channel after the contract expires in June.
But there is history between the companies, back in 2008, AMC (who were then called Cablevision) filed a $2.5 billion lawsuit against Dish due to the collapse of Voom HD, a subsidiary of AMC.
A court ruled last month that Dish do not have the right to appeal the lawsuit, claiming that Dish had destroyed evidence in the case and AMC claim that is the reason Dish have dropped the network.
Dish deny this and say the court case is unrelated to it’s decision. Somewhat (un) helpfully, Dish have advised subscribers that they can watch AMC’s, “very limited” content via other outlets. They are reffering to pay-to-view sources such as iTunes, Amazon or Netflix. But surely subscribers already paying a monthly bill do not want to be advised to pay extra to watch the same content?
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