Fisher Communications has still not resolved its retransmission consent dispute with Dish Network, which has had its TV stations off Dish’s local-to-local service since December. Now Fisher is running radio ads in Seattle blaming the impasse on Dish CEO Charlie Ergen.
In her quarterly conference call last week, Fisher CEO Colleen Brown said the company had come to terms with Dish’s negotiators, only to have the deal rejected at Dish HQ. She thinks Ergen is refusing to sign off on a deal until a breach of contract lawsuit filed by Fisher is resolved.
