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09/14/2024
DirecTV, Disney Get Deal Done
DirecTV and Disney reached an agreement in principle Saturday that returned Disney’s full linear suite of networks to its satellite service, DirecTV Stream and U-Verse. And DirecTV gets the opportunity to launch genre bundles.
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09/01/2024
Disney Nets Go Dark on DirecTV
Shortly before kickoff for Sunday night’s USC-LSU game, DirecTV lost all Disney networks, including ESPN, ABC O&Os and FX.
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05/03/2024
Fubo Pricing Choice Shows Off Regulatory Hole for vMVPDs
At a time when regulators are attacking MVPDs for junk fees and forcing them to offer customer credits during carriage blackouts, Fubo is reminding everyone that vMVPDs play under a different set of rules.
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05/01/2024
Bally Sports Networks Go Dark on Comcast
Comcast lost Bally Sports’ 15 RSNs as the clock struck midnight Tuesday, with the two unable to reach a renewal agreement.
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11/30/2023
DirecTV Loses TEGNA Stations, Wants to Overturn Retrans Regime
DirecTV’s looking to change the model for broadcasters’ retransmission consent through its negotiations with TEGNA, proposing broadcasters offer stations a la carte to customers or let MVPDs negotiate directly with ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC for national network content. DirecTV lost access to 64 TEGNA stations at 8pm ET Thursday when its current retrans contract […]
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09/18/2023
DirecTV, Nexstar Get Multi-Year Deal Done
DirecTV and Nexstar announced that they’ve finalized a new retransmission consent agreement covering 176 Nexstar-owned stations. Cable net NewsNation also has been renewed. The stations were returned to DirecTV customers Sunday on a temporary basis while the two negotiated.