FOX owned-and-operated station KMSP/9 (Minneapolis) has returned to DISH Network after a ten-day outage.
The resolution of the national retransmission consent dispute came hours before a Vikings game on FOX, which is the first Vikings game KMSP would’ve missed since the outage began Sept. 26. The station carried a Packers game on the opening night of the dispute, but it was still available on DISH via NFL Network.
The dispute also affected FOX 9+ (WFTC), FOX Sports 1, FOX Sports 2, FOX Deportes, FOX Soccer Plus, and Big Ten Network. (FOX News Channel and FOX Business Network remained on DISH).
During the dispute, FOX said at keepfox.com that DISH was making “outrageous demands” while DISH said at mydish.com/promise that FOX was demanding double-digit rate increases.
The outage also came as the Twins began to play in the American League Division Series, and the second (Oct. 5) game was only carried on FS1.
FOX Sports North and other regional sports networks have already been off DISH for several months due to a separate dispute, though those networks are now owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group and Entertainment Studios.
KMSP’s DISH Network outage came two months after an dispute between CBS and DirecTV took WCCO-TV off that satellite provider for several weeks, and as NBC affiliate KARE warned of a possible future outage on Spectrum cable.