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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…

US satellite TV outfit DISH Network Corporation has announced after months of negotiations, the entertainment brand Hearst has pulled 37 of its local channels from the provider across 27 markets, after failing to reach an agreement on distribution rates with the company. Read More

The FCC did not agree with Gray TV that Frontier Communications failed to negotiate in good faith, as well as meet other notification requirements, in the two sides’ recent retransmission dispute. Read More

Dear Mediacom Customer, Each year, Mediacom routinely works to renew many of the agreements we have with the owners of the television stations we carry.  Almost all the negotiations take place behind the scenes, and customers are rarely aware that the negotiations are even happening. Much like your local gas station, Mediacom is the retail…

Customers across much of the U.S. have lost TV stations thank to a dispute between AT&T and broadcaster Tegna. The communications company and the broadcaster failed to reach a new agreement Tuesday, resulting in more than 60 stations lost on DirecTV, AT&T U-verse and the AT&T TV streaming service. AT&T places the blame on Tegna, which…

Dish is now without at least 236 channels due to eight different carriage battles that span from last Wednesday to 25 months ago. The blacked-out channels include 212 local network affiliates, and 24 premium or regional sports networks. The oldest fight dates back to November 2018 when Dish, and its live streaming service, Sling TV,…

DirecTV and Dish Network, the U.S.’s two major satellite TV providers, are both experiencing massive channel blackouts as distribution talks with broadcasters break down. AT&T’s linear video services – DirecTV, U-verse and AT&T TV – couldn’t reach a new agreement with Tegna and on Tuesday more than 60 local broadcast channels went dark for the…

Fox’s stations and cable networks were blacked out Thursday on Dish Network in a dispute over retransmission consent and carriage fees. The blackout affects stations in 17 markets across 23 states and the District of Columbia. Subscribers to Dish and its Sling streaming services are also unable to receive Fox cable networks including FS1, FS2,…

With five months left in the year, 2019 has already set the record for the highest number of television blackouts in history, according to new data from the American Television Alliance (ATVA). Why it matters: The programming blackouts are happening as a result of an increase in disputes between TV networks and their distributors —…

A 15-year partnership dissolved late Saturday as the long-running deal between Altitude Sports and two of its major distributors, Comcast and DIRECTV, expired. Despite recent talks between the two sides, there was no deal in place as of Sunday. One person familiar with negotiations described the two sides as “not close.” Late last week Altitude…