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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.
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09/11/2023
Charter, Disney Strike Deal
Charter customers won’t have to miss the start of ESPN’s Monday Night Football tonight, with Disney and the operator announcing a deal Monday that they described as “transformative.” Among the key deal points: In the coming months, the Disney+ Basic ad-supported offering will be provided to customers who purchase the Spectrum TV Select package, as […]
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07/02/2023
DirecTV Loses Nexstar Stations
DirecTV lost some 159 Nexstar stations in 113 markets around 7pm ET Sunday with the two unable to come to terms on a new retransmission consent agreement. NewsNation is also dark on the MVPD. Nexstar said DirecTV rejected its offer to extend the current distribution agreement to Oct. 31 and said it has been trying […]