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    Dish loses El Rey

    On the upside, El Rey Network is running another WAY OF THE TURKEY MOVIE MARATHON - solid Kung Fu flicks for the entire 4 days of the Thanksgiving weekend.

    Nov 14, 2018, 01:51am
    Univision-DISH Dispute Intensifies With Blackout Of Univision Deportes And El Rey Network
    Veronica Villafañe
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    Univision Deportes and El Rey Network are now also off the air on DISH.UNIVISION, DISH

    The he said-she said battle in the carriage dispute between Univision and DISH continues to heat up with another four more of the Hispanic media company's networks going dark on the satellite provider.

    Univision Deportes, El Rey Network, FOROtv and TLNovelas join the blackout, which has now entered its fifth month. The four networks went dark on DISH on Monday, November 12 at 10 p.m. ET.

    The carriage deal with Univision, Unimás and Galavisión expired June 30. Univision Deportes and El Rey are newer networks, so carriage was negotiated on a separate contract. Only Fusion remains on the satellite provider, which was secured on another agreement.

    Univision blames DISH and DISH blames Univision for pulling the networks and not being able to strike a deal on retransmission fees.

    In August, DISH warned the blackout could be permanent. The company reported its worst net subscriber losses to date during the third quarter of 2018, losing 367,000 customers. There's no way to know how much of those losses are due to subscribers who are upset over the loss of the Univision networks.

    In a statement, Univision insists it has "made every reasonable effort and beyond to reach an agreement, but Dish refused to make a deal that was in the interests of our audience, its customers and, ultimately, of Dish itself. Given that Dish experienced its worst-ever quarterly subscriber losses after dropping the bulk of Univision’s networks and stations, its unwillingness to recognize the power of Hispanic consumers and the popularity of Univision’s leading news, sports and entertainment programming is bizarre and disappointing."

    But DISH has a different take.

    "DISH actually offered Univision a contract extension so that talks could continue without the channels being removed. Univision refused and took the channels down," a said a DISH spokesperson.

    “The Univision story remains the same: its content, on the whole, continues to decline in viewership, and as a result, the economics of their proposals do not make sense. Meanwhile, Univision continues to sell its direct-to-consumer product, Univision NOW, at a lower price than Univision proposes charging DISH customers. We don’t think that’s right," DISH said in a statement.

    Univision Now costs $7.99 a month. According to DISH, Univision is demanding a higher retransmission fee.

    In the meantime, DISH contends it's providing replacement content for its customers on DishLATINO, including Telemundo, ESPN Deportes, Fox Deportes, Azteca and Pasiones. It's also offering customers and over the air antenna and a $5 discount on their bill. According to a spokesperson, DISH has handed out about 100,000 antennas to customers affected by the Univision blackout.

    Since the dispute, Univision has done some lobbying of its own, calling on viewers to drop DISH and switch to other providers.

    * Story updated to include number of antennas DISH has sent to customers who requested them.
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    The Return of the Way of the Turkey Marathon!

    El Rey is broadcasting another Way of the Turkey Marathon for T-day so MAN AT ARMS is off this week. We'll be back with Weapons of KUNG FU episode on 11/29. I like to think of the Way of the Turkey Marathon as a warm-up to that episode. STAY SHARP!

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    Catch the Way of the Turkey Marathon starting on THURSDAY on El Rey Network!
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    Way of the Turkey!

    Be sure to tune in next week. I'll be back in the War Room and this episode is my forte. STAY SHARP!
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    One thing to be thankful for on Thanksgiving: Man At Arms: Art of War Season 2!

    Returns November 28th at 9p ET on El Rey Network!
    And tomorrow, tune into El Rey Network's Way of the Turkey Marathon. Just one more reason why I RIDE WITH EL REY.
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    Watch Way of the Turkey, starting Thanksgiving Day on El Rey Network!

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    Jade & Gold Marathon on El Rey Network

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    St. Patrick's Day Jade & Gold Marathon

    Saturday

    SHAOLIN MANTIS
    A government spy infiltrates a wealthy family and falls in love with the daughter.
    6:00 AM ET

    VALLEY OF THE FANGS
    A righteous swordsman tries to protect another hero's wife and daughter from a corrupt minister's murderous plans.
    8:00 AM ET

    RENDEZVOUS WITH DEATH
    A young fighter is tasked with delivering a box which he is not allowed to know the contents of, but will be paid a fortune for once it's delivered.
    10:00 AM ET

    THE 36TH CHAMBER OF SHAOLIN
    A man studies kung-fu at the Shaolin Temple to fight back against the oppressive Manchu government.
    12:00 PM ET

    RETURN TO THE 36TH CHAMBER
    The workers of a dye factory have their pay cut when the factory owner brings in some Manchu thugs to try and increase production. Desperate to reclaim their full wages, the workers hire an actor to impersonate a priest and kung-fu expert from the temple of Shaolin. The factory owner proves the actor a fraud, and punishes all those involved. The young actor feels he has let the workers down, and promises to atone. He sets out for Shaolin, determined to be accepted as a kung-fu pupil at the elite temple.
    2:30 PM ET

    DISCIPLES OF THE 36TH CHAMBER
    When a young man picks a fight with Manchu officials, he is forced to seek refuge in the Shaolin Temple, a martial arts training school. His disdain for authority sets him at odds with a legendary monk and he unwittingly plays into the hands of the Manchu governor.
    4:30 PM ET

    SHAOLIN PRINCE
    An eye-filling, mind-bending martial arts tale of two royal princes battling for the rightful recovery of the throne.
    6:30 PM ET

    THE WEB OF DEATH
    The head of the Snake Sect, one of five sects that make up the group the Five Poison Web, plots to gain control of the group by taking possession of the hidden super-weapon the Five Venom Spider.
    8:30 PM ET

    THE BATTLE WIZARD
    A bookish young man and his sword-loving sister find themselves battling a trio of villains, one of them a beautiful but masked woman who has promised to either marry or murder the first man to see her unmasked.
    10:30 PM ET

    CRIPPLED AVENGERS
    Three men, crippled by an evil warlord, become friends and learn kung fu with the help of an old teacher and his idiot pupil.
    12:00 AM ET

    VALLEY OF THE FANGS
    A righteous swordsman tries to protect another hero's wife and daughter from a corrupt minister's murderous plans.
    2:00 AM ET

    RENDEZVOUS WITH DEATH
    A young fighter is tasked with delivering a box which he is not allowed to know the contents of, but will be paid a fortune for once it's delivered.
    4:00 AM ET
    Sunday

    SHAOLIN PRINCE
    An eye-filling, mind-bending martial arts tale of two royal princes battling for the rightful recovery of the throne.
    6:00 AM ET

    THE WEB OF DEATH
    The head of the Snake Sect, one of five sects that make up the group the Five Poison Web, plots to gain control of the group by taking possession of the hidden super-weapon the Five Venom Spider.
    8:00 AM ET

    SHAOLIN MANTIS
    A government spy infiltrates a wealthy family and falls in love with the daughter.
    10:00 AM ET

    THE BATTLE WIZARD
    A bookish young man and his sword-loving sister find themselves battling a trio of villains, one of them a beautiful but masked woman who has promised to either marry or murder the first man to see her unmasked.
    12:00 PM ET

    THE FLYING GUILLOTINE
    An assassin, trained in the use of a throwing weapon that can behead its victims from a distance, questions the morality of his missions and becomes a fugitive hunted by his former comrades.
    1:30 PM ET

    THE FLYING GUILLOTINE 2
    The heroic Ma Teng has developed a counter to the Flying Guillotine's attack, and when word reaches The Emperor, who is more bloodthirsty than ever, he creates a new, deadlier version and rains a squad of female assassins to use it. Now Ma must help the gang of rebels trying to overthrow the evil tyrant and create a new counter-weapon to defeat the improved Guillotine.
    4:00 PM ET
    I'm just going to leave the TV on this weekend.
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    El Rey Network goes dark

    El Rey Network: Robert Rodriguez Channel to End on Thursday
    by Regina Avalos, December 30, 2020



    El Rey Network is going dark. The channel, started by Robert Rodriguez in December 2013, is going off the air tomorrow. At its high point in March 2015, the network aired in 40 million households. Last November, that number was down to 33 million.

    When Univision backed out of a partnership with the network in November of this year, that number dropped even more drastically. Earlier this month, only 13 million households still received El Rey Network, per Programming Insider.

    The network aired “action genre films, beginning with From Dusk till Dawn: The Series, and reality, animation, and lifestyle programming.” Rodriguez announced that the network would come to an end earlier this month.
    I'm so saddened to hear this. Working for El Rey was one of the best jobs I've ever had.

    I WILL ALWAYS RIDE WITH EL REY.

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    We're back

    Aug 8, 2021,09:20pm EDT|826

    Robert Rodriguez's El Rey Cable Net Streams Back To Life With Cinedigm Partnership

    Veronica Villafañe
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    Robert Rodriguez, Founder and Chairman of El Rey Network. MATT SAYLES/INVISION FOR EL REY NETWORK/AP IMAGES
    El Rey is coming back to life. Director Robert Rodriguez's struggling cable network, launched in 2013, came to an abrupt end December 31, 2020. When the niche cable net went off the air, fans hoped it would be revived, even suggesting he should launch an El Rey streaming channel. Well, that's apparently in the works.

    El Rey Network, founded and owned by Rodriguez, John Fogelman and Cristina Patwa, and FactoryMade Ventures signed a partnership deal with streaming company Cinedigm. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

    The alliance will help El Rey transition from a linear to free ad-supported streaming channel. Cinedigm will have exclusive rights to El Rey’s content catalog and will exclusively distribute Rodriguez's feature film Red 11 and the companion docuseries Rebel Without A Crew: The Robert Rodriguez Film School.

    Plans are for an El Rey over-the-top streaming service to be made available to all OTT distribution platforms, connected TVs, digital set-top boxes, media-streaming devices, as well as the web later this year. No date has been announced yet.

    “El Rey has always been a network for the people - a mainstream outlet where we discover diverse, independent voices. The fact that we can also now make our catalogue of kick-ass programming available for free to all gives me enormous joy,” said Rodriguez. "As audiences move deliberately to streaming, it was important for me to democratize our platform so that the masses have the opportunity to see themselves in our lineup of curated, inclusive and entertaining content. This is a huge win in every way, and I want to thank Cinedigm for putting fans first with this new alliance."


    Behind the scenes of the Red 11 docuseries "Rebel Without A Crew The Robert Rodriguez Film School." EL REY

    Rodriguez envisioned creating a culturally diverse "action-packed, general entertainment network in English for Latino and general audiences." Among the cable net's original and popular programs: From Dusk Till Dawn, Lucha Underground, The Chuey Martinez Show, and The Director's Chair, a series of specials featuring Rodriguez interviewing other directors, including Quentin Tarantino, John Carpenter, Francis Ford Coppola and Guillermo del Toro.

    “What was once only available to those with expensive cable packages is now available through a variety of mediums. The partnership with El Rey allows the channel to broaden its digital footprint, as well as expand the access of its incredible programming to audiences worldwide,” said Erick Opeka, President & Chief Strategy Officer at Cinedigm.

    Rodriguez previously partnered with Univision before the network's launch in 2013, which helped in the promotion, sales and distribution. At the time, Univision was also trying to tap into the English-language Hispanic market. But the Spanish-language media efforts fizzled and El Rey struggled to find its audience and wide distribution on cable and satellite providers. The relationship with Univision ended in November 2020, a month before El Rey ceased operations.

    Taking a full dive into the streaming space will give El Rey broader and direct access to its fan base. Cinedigm’s president is confident its strong advertising partner relationships "will allow the channel to generate substantial advertising revenue among a key demographic in the growing AVOD & FAST space.”
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