Categories
News

DirecTV Defends Request To Exclude Military From Tegna Station Blackout

After being accused of not negotiating seriously, DirecTV explained its request to exclude military facilities from the current Tegna blackout.

Categories
News

Tegna Accuses DirecTV Of Not Taking Negotiations Seriously

Tegna has accused DirecTV of not taking negotiations seriously after a carriage dispute resulted in customers losing access to local channels.

Categories
News

A Closer Look At How DirecTV Wants To Fix ‘Broken’ TV Model

DirecTV revealed it offered Tegna a “first-of-its-kind a la carte model.” One which DirecTV argues would fix the existing “broken model.”

Categories
News

DirecTV Dispute With Tegna Sees Millions Lose Access To Local Channels

DirecTV’s carriage dispute with Tegna results in DirecTV, DirecTV Stream and U-verse losing access to 64 local stations in 51 markets.

Categories
News

Bally Sports NBA Agreement Gets Court Approval

A temporary agreement has reportedly now been approved, ensuring NBA games remain available on Bally Sports for the remainder of the season.

Categories
News

Hulu And YouTube TV Join The Preserve Viewer Choice Coalition

Hulu and YouTube TV join the Preserve Viewer Choice Coalition, an advocacy group dedicated to maintaining streaming choice and competition.

Categories
News

Charter Lost 320,000 Video Customers In Q3, Partly Driven By Disney Dispute

Charter lost 320,000 video customers in the third quarter of 2023, citing the temporary loss of Disney programming as one of the reasons.

Categories
News

FCC Proposal Seeks To Compensate Subscribers For Channel Blackouts

Two new FCC proposals push for compensating subscribers when a dispute leads to channel blackouts, and quicker information in general.

Categories
News

Diamond Sports Asks Court To Order DirecTV To Continue Paying Full Price For Bally Sports

Diamond Sports wants DirecTV to pay the full price for Bally Sports channels, even if the same channels no longer offer the same content.

Categories
News

Nexstar Argues Disney-Charter Deal Is Good For Broadcast TV

Nexstar, the owner of many networks, commented on the recent Disney-Charter deal, arguing that it is a good thing overall for broadcast TV.

Categories
News

DirecTV Reportedly Unhappy With Warner Bros. Discovery Adding More CNN To Max

DirecTV has reportedly warned Warner Bros. Discovery that it risks violating its contract by adding more CNN to its Max streaming service.

Categories
News

Disney, Netflix, Paramount, Max and Others Form New Streaming Innovation Alliance

Disney, Netflix, Paramount Plus, Peacock, Max and others have now formed a new alliance to protect the interest of all streaming services.

Categories
News

New Multi-Year Deal Brings DirecTV And Nexstar Dispute To An End

DirecTV and Nexstar Media Group have reached an agreement, bringing an end to a dispute and guaranteeing the return of the affected channels.

Categories
News

DirecTV and Nexstar Agree Deal To Restore Channels On A Temporary Basis

DirecTV and Nexstar have agreed a deal that will see Nexstar-owned channels returning to DirecTV and DirecTV Stream on a temporary basis.

Categories
News

What Did We Learn From The Charter-Disney Dispute? Things Might Get MORE Complicated

One of the potential takeaways from the new Charter-Disney agreement is that live TV packages might get even more complicated in the future.

Categories
News

These Disney-Owned Channels Are Not Returning To Spectrum TV

While the new agreement results in Disney-owned channels being restored today, not all of them are actually coming back under the new deal.

Categories
News

Spectrum TV Customers To Get Disney+ and Standalone ESPN Streaming Service For Free

The new Charter and Disney agreement results in Spectrum TV customers gaining access to Disney’s direct-to-consumer streaming services.

Categories
News

Charter and Disney End Dispute, Dropped Channels To Be Immediately Restored

The dispute between Charter and Disney that led to multiple Disney-owned channels being dropped from Spectrum TV has now come to an end.

Categories
News

Spectrum Customers Can Now Save 25% On Fubo’s Pro Plan

With the Disney dispute ongoing, Charter has stepped up its efforts to maintain Spectrum customers by offering a discount on Fubo’s Pro plan.

Categories
News

Dish Loses 37 Local Channels In Dispute With Hearst Television

Dish Network has lost access to 37 local channels in 27 markets due to a dispute with Hearst Television over distribution rates.