Cervelat was covered closely by the Swiss media and in a newspaper poll, 72% of those surveyed said the ""cervelas", as they knew it, had to be saved." The cervelat crisis was brought up in a parliamentary debate wherein state councillor and president of the Swiss Meat Association, Rolf Büttiker, spoke of the national sausage's social significance, calling it a "cult sausage" and "the worker's steak". The Swiss government entered into negotiations with the EU to seek an exception for zebu intestines, and Swiss scientists were sent to Brazil hoping to show that the intestines posed no risk of transmitting mad
Criticism of Dish Network UFC advised Dish customers to subscribe to its UFC.TV over the top streaming service, or watch at a venue served by another television provider. According to a Dish representative, the company is still in negotiations with UFC for future event carriage. On August 25, 2015, Dish Network dropped 129 stations in 79 markets owned and/or operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group, in what has been called the largest single blackout in pay-TV history. Dish claims that Sinclair is strong-arming them into carrying a cable network Sinclair is looking to acquire in addition to the local stations. Sinclair has rebutted by stating