Dish Network Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Removal of regional sports programming=== Dish Network has always refused to carry some of the higher-priced [[regional sports network]]s, most notably [[AT&T SportsNet Southwest]], [[YES Network]], and [[Spectrum SportsNet]], which have never been available on Dish. The contract of the entire [[MSG Network]] had ended on October 1, 2010, early; [[CSN New England]] was dropped on August 6, 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dish Network drops CSNNE, Celtics' broadcast home β The Boston Globe|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2014/08/06/dish-network-drops-csnne-celtics-broadcast-home/bxYpM1P9u5XyjxmjqCYlxM/story.html|access-date=2021-11-24|website=BostonGlobe.com|language=en-US}}</ref> In July 2019, Dish removed the entire slate of [[Fox Sports Networks]] channels (which have since been re-branded as [[Bally Sports Networks|Bally Sports]]).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Steinberg |first1=Brian |title=Fox Regional Sports Nets Go Dark on Dish |url=https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/fox-regional-sports-nets-dark-dish-1203281096/ |access-date=2 April 2021 |work=Variety |date=26 July 2019}}</ref> This was the beginning of a trend with [[Altitude Sports and Entertainment|Altitude]] being removed in August and [[NBC Sports Chicago]] in October of that year.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Agrest |first1=Jeff |title=Here's the Dish: NBC Sports Chicago unlikely to appear on satellite provider anytime soon |url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/10/17/20919604/dish-network-nbc-sports-chicago-directv-fox-sports-networks-sinclair-marquee |access-date=2 April 2021 |work=Chicago Sun-Times |date=17 October 2019 |language=en}}</ref> On April 1, 2021, Dish removed the remaining [[NBC Sports Regional Networks]] and the [[Mid-Atlantic Sports Network]]. Dish Network president Brian Neylon commented that "The current RSN model is fundamentally broken,β stating that he was in favor of offering the networks as an [[A la carte pay television|a la carte]] service.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Balderston |first1=Michael |title=Dish, Sling TV Drop MASN, NBC RSNs |url=https://www.tvtechnology.com/news/dish-sling-tv-drop-masn-nbc-rsns |access-date=2 April 2021 |work=TVTechnology |date=April 1, 2021 |language=en}}</ref> Six months later on October 1, 2021, Dish removed the entire [[AT&T SportsNet]] network of channels.<ref>{{cite web|date=2021-10-02|title=DISH Network drops Rockies games via AT&T SportsNet|url=https://www.denverpost.com/2021/10/01/dish-network-drops-rockies-games-att-sportsnet/|access-date=2021-10-20|website=The Denver Post|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date= October 4, 2021|title=DISH TV removes AT&T SportsNet, Root Sports channels|url=https://www.9news.com/article/money/dish-tv-root-sports-sportsnet/73-2191c6a3-2e79-4b9d-ad63-5a0c5207e609|access-date=2021-10-20|website=KUSA.com|language=en-US}}</ref> In 2022, Dish, alongside Sling made [[The Walt Disney Company]] pull their programming from the services. This was only temporary, as they got brought back later. They had previously been pulled from [[YouTube TV]] in 2021, and are currently being pulled from [[Spectrum (brand)|Spectrum]]. The last remaining regional sports network, [[New England Sports Network|NESN]], was removed from DISH on December 20, 2021.<ref>{{cite news |title=NESN regional sports network removed from DISH TV {{!}} Vermont Business Magazine |url=https://vermontbiz.com/news/2021/december/22/nesn-regional-sports-network-removed-dish-tv |access-date=23 December 2021 |work=vermontbiz.com}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page