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Sports Lightshed Partners analysts say RSN operator already has debts it ‘cannot repay’

The proposed agreement includes Disney’s full portfolio of networks and direct-to-consumer services as well as ESPN’s direct-to-consumer offering when it launches in 2025

Disney-owned ABC stations, ESPN and other Disney channels could go dark in DirecTV homes on Sept. 1 if no deal is reached

The deal ends a lengthy blackout and restores the CMG stations to the Dish lineup

Nexstar says DirecTV rejected a plan to extend the negotiation; DirecTV says Nexstar is demanding “more than double” the current retrans fees

Agreement restored local Tegna stations to the Dish lineup on Friday Feb. 4 in time for Olympics coverage

Five Tegna stations have been removed from the line-ups of Verizon Fios TV, including WUSA in Washington D.C.

In response, Tegna said the "complaint is utterly baseless and without merit" and that it "welcomes a chance for the FCC to review Dish's conduct over the course of this negotiation."

Contract impasse is still preventing platform users from downloading the No. 2 U.S. cable operator’s video app

Deal came hours before kickoff