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Critics Call Blackout Warnings a Scare Tactic Keep Aliso Canyon Open

2016-04-13 15:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

LA Times: If energy agencies and utilities ever want to scare consumers, they need say little more than "blackouts." Those rolling power outages, well remembered from the state's energy crisis of 2000-01, sit at the heart of the case California energy officials are making to keep the troubled Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility open after the worst leak by such an operation in U.S. history. But doubts are growing about warnings that Southern California could face blackouts this summer without Aliso...

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Dish sues NBC over threatened black-out

2016-03-16 09:14:00| Telecompaper Headlines

(Telecompaper) Dish has filed a breach of contract lawsuit against NBC to address NBC's public statements against Dish. NBC launched a messaging campaign warning Dish customers of a black out of its channels unless a new carriage deal is reached by 20 March. Dish said its goal is to reach a mutual beneficial deal with NBC after successfully negotiating agreements representing numerous networks in recent months. The company said it expects to file for arbitration, which would prevent NBC from blacking out Dish customers.

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AT&T And Tegna Avoid Local TV Blackout With New Retransmission Deal

2015-12-05 16:00:33| Telecom - Topix.net

So much for AT&T and Tegna Media 's retransmission consent saber rattling: Tegna says this morning that they've reached a "multi-year agreement" that will keep Tegna's 46 stations on DirecTV and U-verse in local markets. Per usual, there's no word yet on financial terms.

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FCC studies blackout intervention

2015-09-05 11:40:39| Telecom - Topix.net

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, shown at a television expo in Chicago in May, has said his agency should act on behalf of consumers in disputes over programming fees. The government wants to make sure viewers don't miss televised events such as the Super Bowl or the latest episode of The Big Bang Theory .

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