DISH Takes On Palladia

ENGLEWOOD: The MTV Networks-owned music channel Palladia has been added to the lineup of DISH Network, where it will take the place of Fuse.

DISH customers who subscribe to America’s Top 200 and above now receive the channel, which airs the best in music programming from MTV, VH1 and CMT. DISH Network also offers Palladia in HD as part of the Platinum programming package. The channel joins the lineup as of today.

MSG Media, parent company of Fuse, in a statement provided to World Screen Newsflash, said that the channel’s viewers have become "the latest casualties of DISH Network’s history of disputes with programmers at the expense of their customers. We offered DISH fair and reasonable proposals, including the opportunity to extend our current agreement while we continued to negotiate. On behalf of DISH’s customers, we are disappointed that Dish has made the decision to drop Fuse and we urge them to return to the negotiating table so that we can reach a fair agreement.”

The music network FUSE features original programming, live concerts and access to the venues and assets of Madison Square Garden.