A battle between the parent company of the DISH Network and Viacom didn’t hurt a Lawrence-based company that installs the satellite systems across the Midwest.

Stephen Garlow, executive vice president with Blue Sky Satellite, 2116 Del., said his company hadn’t seen a downturn in business since the DISH Network announced Tuesday it was dropping popular Viacom cable channels such as MTV and Nickelodeon, as part of a contract dispute.

“We haven’t been tracking the number of calls, but it has not been a big event for us here,” Garlow said.

Garlow said that likely was because the DISH Network continued to offer CBS stations in the area. CBS, which is owned by Viacom, was dropped in about a dozen major metro areas around the country.

CBS and EchoStar, which owns the DISH Network, reached a settlement early today.

Blue Sky Satellite employs 200 people who install DISH Network satellite systems in Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa. About 50 of the company’s employees are based in Lawrence.

Area cable company executives had also been keeping an eye on the Viacom controversy. Patrick Knorr, general manager of Sunflower Broadband, said cable companies had been battling with programers for years over the fees the programmers charge cable companies.

About two years ago, Sunflower Broadband dropped Fox Sports as part of a contract dispute. An agreement was reached about six months later that returned Fox Sports to the cable system. Knorr said Sunflower Broadband dropped the channel in an effort to avoid passing along a large rate increase to customers.

“You definitely have to be prepared to drop a channel,” Knorr said.

Knorr said Sunflower Broadband recently completed its negotiations with Viacom and most other major programming companies.

Sunflower Broadband is owned by The World Company, which also owns the Journal-World.