{"id":2349,"date":"2017-03-25T12:36:52","date_gmt":"2017-03-25T12:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/?p=2349"},"modified":"2017-03-25T12:36:52","modified_gmt":"2017-03-25T12:36:52","slug":"att-blames-raycom-media-for-the-blackout-of-wbtv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/cable\/att-blames-raycom-media-for-the-blackout-of-wbtv\/2349\/","title":{"rendered":"AT&#038;T Blames Raycom Media For The Blackout Of WBTV"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2122\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2122\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2122\" class=\"wp-image-2122 size-medium\" title=\"Blackout Of WBTV\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Best-Internet-Service-e1484913621727-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"Internet Providers\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2122\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong><em>AT&amp;T Blames Raycom <\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Reports indicate that the dispute between AT&amp;T and Raycom Media has not yet been solved. The dispute between both the parties resulted in the blackout of CBS affiliate WBTV on AT&amp;T U-Verse.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Reports from several reliable sources claim that the officials from Raycom Media recently declined a call from AT&amp;T U-Verse, in which they asked Raycom to lift the blackout of this channel in Charlotte region. This means that AT&amp;T U-Verse customers will miss more than a few matches of the NCAA Men\u2019s Tournament.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a recent letter sent to AT&amp;T, the senior vice president of television for Raycom Group, Jeff Rosser, said, \u201cWe are not surprised that you wish to attempt to make WBTV and Raycom Media the \u2018bad guys\u2019 who you would like to portray as denying your paying customers for such high-demand, and expensive, programming,\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">WBTV has gone dark to AT&amp;T U-Verse customers in the Charlotte area for about eight days and both parties have blamed one another for the blackout of the channel. In a statement, the officials from Raycom stated that they had agreed to keep their stations on AT&amp;T U-Verse until March 15, 2017. Raycom Media is actually negotiating on behalf of all their stations in 23 cities across the country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Raycom said, \u201cYou are deceptively seeking public sympathy and support as you attempt to negotiate through the press. By singling out only one of the many Raycom TV stations whose viewers are suffering equally from this unfortunate impasse. Our mutually expired agreement was between all of Raycom Media and all of AT&amp;T U-verse, and any new agreement will be the same.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2094\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2094\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2094\" class=\"wp-image-2094 size-medium\" title=\"CBS Affiliate Channels\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Best-Cable-Deals-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Best Internet\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Best-Cable-Deals-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Best-Cable-Deals.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2094\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong><em>AT&amp;T U-Verse Customers <\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On the other hand, AT&amp;T stated that it was entirely up to Raycom Media to decide whether WBTV appears on AT&amp;T U-Verse during the negotiation between the parties. The communications director of AT&amp;T U-Verse in Charlotte, Josh Gelinas said, \u201cWe have asked Raycom numerous times to leave WBTV up, and once they took that station away, to put it back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He added, \u201cWe have offered to compensate Raycom \u2013 even when out of contract for events like Friday\u2019s Tar Heels game. Our challenge to Raycom stands put WBTV back on and we will compensate you while we work privately to settle this issue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, if you have subscribed to any one of the fastest internet providers in the country, then you will be able to watch the NCAA games over the internet. If you don\u2019t have an internet service connection, then subscribe to AT&amp;T internet, as they offer some of the best internet deals to their customers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reports indicate that the dispute between AT&amp;T and Raycom Media has not yet been solved. The dispute between both the parties resulted in the blackout of CBS affiliate WBTV on AT&amp;T U-Verse. Reports from several reliable sources claim that the officials from Raycom Media recently declined a call from AT&amp;T U-Verse, in which they asked [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[90,68],"tags":[155,172],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>AT&amp;T Blames Raycom Media For The Blackout Of WBTV<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"AT&amp;T U-Verse customers will not be able to access WBTV until the dispute ends. 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