DirecTV And Nexstar Dig In For Long-Haul Carriage Dispute During Lull In...
A Fourth of July miracle appears extremely unlikely for the millions of DirecTV customers who lost access Sunday to programming from Nexstar-owned local stations or cable network NewsNation. Instead, a...
View ArticleNexstar-DirecTV Carriage Battle Grinds On As Football Season Nears Kickoff
To the relief of many in the embattled pay-TV business, which faces its most uncertain fall season in decades along with existential angst due to cord-cutting, a reliable viewer draw is about to...
View ArticleDisney’s ABC Stations Could Be Bought By Nexstar With “Little Friction” If...
Tom Carter, a longtime former Nexstar exec who is now a senior advisor to the CEO and board of directors, says the company could acquire Disney’s local ABC TV stations with “little friction” if they...
View ArticleDirecTV And Nexstar Agree To Temporarily Restore Stations, Letting Millions...
Ending a two-and-a-half month impasse, DirecTV and leading station owner Nexstar Media Group have agreed to restore the signals of dozens of stations as the companies work to finalize a carriage...
View ArticleDirecTV Cautions Warner Bros. Discovery Over CNN Max; WBD Says Streamer’s...
In another latest salvo amid tensions between video providers and programmers, DirecTV sent a letter to Warner Bros. Discovery warning that offering CNN as part of its streaming package risks violating...
View ArticleDish Chairman Charlie Ergen Admits Company Must Walk “A Narrow Path” Toward...
With its shares in free fall after a dismal third-quarter earnings report, Dish Network executives faced the music with Wall Street, conceding in an earnings call that they face an array of...
View ArticleDirecTV Carriage Dispute, Lack Of Political Ads Drag Down Nexstar Q3 Results;...
Nexstar posted third-quarter results Wednesday marred by a carriage dispute with DirecTV as well as a cyclical lack of political advertising. Total revenue slipped 11% from the year-earlier quarter to...
View ArticleTegna Stations, Including Many CBS And NBC Affiliates, Go Dark On DirecTV In...
Dozens of local TV stations owned by Tegna, most of them NBC and CBS affiliates, have gone dark on DirecTV in a carriage dispute. The companies failed to reach an agreement before a 5 p.m. PT deadline...
View ArticleNFL Facing $6B Tackle As ‘Sunday Ticket’ Class Action Suit Heading To Trial...
Well, that’s gotta hurt. The National Football League isn’t officially saying anything yet, but the league just suffered a major loss – and we’re not talking about the woeful end of Bill Belichick’s...
View ArticleDirecTV And Tegna Reach Carriage Deal, Ending 6-Week Blackout
DirecTV and major station group Tegna have struck a carriage deal, ending a programming blackout that began November 30 and affected roughly 5 million customers across the U.S.. The signals of Tegna’s...
View ArticleDirecTV To Allow Customers To Opt Out Of Local TV Stations In Special Package
DirecTV will allow customers to opt out of local TV stations and pay a lower monthly rate. NextTV is reporting that customers who decide not to pay for local stations through DirecTV will receive...
View ArticleCourt Grants Nexstar’s Motion To Dismiss DirecTV’s Antitrust Claims
A federal court on Wednesday granted Nexstar’s motion to dismiss DirecTV’s antitrust claims. Cablefax reported the court ruled there was a lack of antitrust standing. DirecTV claimed Nexstar violated...
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