Fox and DISH Come to Last-Minute Agreement for 21 Cities: NASCAR fans who subscribe to Dish Network in 21 cities should be very happy. They came very close to not being able to watch Saturday night’s race. After marathon talks that went down to the wire, EchoStar Communications (owner of Dish Network) said it reached an agreement to continue broadcasting Fox Network owned and operated stations in 21 cities, the Wall Street Journal reports. A spokesman for EchoStar said the negotiations, which ended just before the 1 a.m. Pacific time deadline, ended with a “multiyear agreement” to continue beaming those stations to viewers in Los Angeles, Denver, Philadelphia, Atlanta and other cities. EchoStar had threatened to cut off the stations after a three-year pact was set to expire. Other details of the new agreement weren’t immediately available.(MotorsportsTV)(7-3-2002)
