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Disney and Dish Network starting to warm up for epic battle over fees

Sep. 10, 2013 12:27 PM ETDISH Network Corporation (DISH) StockDIS, DISHBy: Clark Schultz, SA News Editor
  • September 30, 2013 is a date which could live in infamy in the media industry if Dish Network (DISH +0.8%) decides to take a stand against escalating programming costs and allows a contract with Disney's (DIS +1.6%) ESPN to lapse.
  • Dish CEO Charlie Ergen has hinted heavily in the past that a confrontation over sports carriage fees needs to happen.
  • Previous: CBS got most of what it asked for in its standoff with Time Warner Cable.
  • What to watch: Unless Congress gets involved, media analysts see Disney as holding most of the leverage with the idea of Dish pulling ESPN and Monday Night Football from its programming in the midst of the season as a potential bluff that could be called - but Ergen has shocked the industry before.

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