Quad Cities FOX affiliate KLJB/18 (Davenport) is off DISH Network as a result of a retransmission consent dispute.
KLJB is owned by Mission Broadcasting and operated by Nexstar alongside two Nexstar-owned Quad Cities stations (WHBF/4 and KGCW/26), which are not affected.
The dispute affects stations owned by Mission and White Knight Broadcasting in 28 markets nationwide.
KLJB has already been off the other satellite provider, DirecTV, since Oct. 21 due to a separate dispute.
Retransmission consent disputes involve disagreements over how much a provider should pay a station for redistributing its programming on a paid platform. Details of compensation are never publicly released.
The latest outage began Jan. 6, according to DISH Network’s news release. KLJB’s page regarding the matter indicates that the contract was originally set to expire Dec. 27.
As is the custom, each side blames the other.
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