Editing Dish Network (section)

===Removal of regional sports programming===
Dish Network has always refused to carry some of the higher-priced [[regional sports network]]s, most notably [[AT&T SportsNet Southwest]], [[YES Network]], and [[Spectrum SportsNet]], which have never been available on Dish. The contract of the entire [[MSG Network]] had ended on October 1, 2010, early; [[CSN New England]] was dropped on August 6, 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dish Network drops CSNNE, Celtics' broadcast home – The Boston Globe|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2014/08/06/dish-network-drops-csnne-celtics-broadcast-home/bxYpM1P9u5XyjxmjqCYlxM/story.html|access-date=2021-11-24|website=BostonGlobe.com|language=en-US}}</ref> In July 2019, Dish removed the entire slate of [[Fox Sports Networks]] channels (which have since been twice re-branded first as [[Bally Sports Networks|Bally Sports]] and then [[FanDuel Sports Network]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Giannotto |first1=Mark |title=Bally Sports to become FanDuel Sports Network: What MLB, NBA, NHL teams are affected |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/media/2024/10/18/bally-sports-fanduel-sports-network/75735218007/ |access-date=December 5, 2024 |work=USA TODAY |date=October 18, 2024}}</ref>).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Steinberg |first1=Brian |title=Fox Regional Sports Nets Go Dark on Dish |url=https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/fox-regional-sports-nets-dark-dish-1203281096/ |access-date=2 April 2021 |work=Variety |date=26 July 2019}}</ref> This was the beginning of a trend with [[Altitude Sports and Entertainment|Altitude]] being removed in August and [[NBC Sports Chicago]] in October of that year.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Agrest |first1=Jeff |title=Here's the Dish: NBC Sports Chicago unlikely to appear on satellite provider anytime soon |url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/10/17/20919604/dish-network-nbc-sports-chicago-directv-fox-sports-networks-sinclair-marquee |access-date=2 April 2021 |work=Chicago Sun-Times |date=17 October 2019 |language=en}}</ref> On April 1, 2021, Dish removed the remaining [[NBC Sports Regional Networks]] and the [[Mid-Atlantic Sports Network]]. Dish Network president Brian Neylon commented that "The current RSN model is fundamentally broken,” stating that he was in favor of offering the networks as an [[A la carte pay television|a la carte]] service.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Balderston |first1=Michael |title=Dish, Sling TV Drop MASN, NBC RSNs |url=https://www.tvtechnology.com/news/dish-sling-tv-drop-masn-nbc-rsns |access-date=2 April 2021 |work=TVTechnology |date=April 1, 2021 |language=en}}</ref> Six months later on October 1, 2021, Dish removed the entire [[AT&T SportsNet]] network of channels.<ref>{{cite web|date=2021-10-02|title=DISH Network drops Rockies games via AT&T SportsNet|url=https://www.denverpost.com/2021/10/01/dish-network-drops-rockies-games-att-sportsnet/|access-date=2021-10-20|website=The Denver Post|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date= October 4, 2021|title=DISH TV removes AT&T SportsNet, Root Sports channels|url=https://www.9news.com/article/money/dish-tv-root-sports-sportsnet/73-2191c6a3-2e79-4b9d-ad63-5a0c5207e609|access-date=2021-10-20|website=KUSA.com|language=en-US}}</ref> In 2022, Dish, alongside Sling made [[The Walt Disney Company]] pull their programming from the services. This was only temporary, as they got brought back later. They had previously been pulled from [[YouTube TV]] in 2021, and were pulled from [[Spectrum (brand)|Spectrum]] for ten days in early-September 2023.

The last remaining regional sports network, [[New England Sports Network|NESN]], was removed from DISH on December 20, 2021.<ref>{{cite news |title=NESN regional sports network removed from DISH TV {{!}} Vermont Business Magazine |url=https://vermontbiz.com/news/2021/december/22/nesn-regional-sports-network-removed-dish-tv |access-date=23 December 2021 |work=vermontbiz.com}}</ref>