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01/18/2025

Optimum, Nexstar Reach Deal

Late Friday night, Altice USA and Nexstar reached an agreement to restore the broadcaster’s stations and NewsNation to Optimum’s lineup, ensuring NFL playoff games aren’t missed.

By Cablefax Staff

Found in: Nexstar / blackout / NewsNation / Carriage / Retransmission Consent / Optimum / MSG Networks
01/10/2025

Optimum Loses Nexstar Stations

At 5pm ET Friday, Nexstar stations were removed from Altice USA’s Optimum cable systems with the two unable to reach a new retransmission consent agreement.

By Amy Maclean

Found in: MSG Networks / Nexstar / blackout / Retransmission Consent / Altice / Optimum
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.

By Amy Maclean

Found in: Carriage / DirecTV / ESPN / Disney / blackout / retransmission
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.

By Amy Maclean

Found in: Carriage / DirecTV / ESPN / Disney / ABC / blackout / retransmission
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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.

By Sara Winegardner

Found in: Earnings / FCC / blackout / fubo / Warner Bros Discovery / rebates
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.

By Amy Maclean

Found in: Comcast / blackout / Bally Sports / Carriage

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