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DirecTV Satellite May Explode Due to Damaged Batteries By Michael Balderston Company plans to decommission the satellite by Feb. 25.
Evercore: Cord-Cutting Slow Down Expected in 2020 By Michael Balderston Those continuing to subscribe to traditional pay-TV less likely to jump ship.
New Bill Would Narrow STELAR’s Reach By Michael Balderston Calls on DirecTV to provide signals for local stations to 12 markets within 120 days.
Satellite Carriers Don’t Need to Include LPTVs, Says FCC By Michael Balderston While LPTVs can qualify for cable carriage rights, no such rules exist for satellite.
Report: AT&T Weighing DirecTV Sale By Michael Balderston AT&T bought DirectTV for $48.5 billion in 2015.
NAB’s Smith Blasts DirecTV's ‘Scare Tactics’ on STELAR Renewal By Michael Balderston Smith calls recent ads “disingenuous at best, and deceptive at worst.”
Nexstar, AT&T End Blackout By Tom Butts Multi-year agreement returns all 97 Nexstar stations to DirecTV, AT&T TV and U-Verse.
Sen. Blumenthal Urges AT&T to Accept Nexstar Extension By Michael Balderston More than 120 stations went dark on July 3, including two impacting Blumenthal’s constituents.
Hundreds of Nexstar Stations Go Dark for AT&T Customers By Michael Balderston USWNT’s World Cup victory and Fourth of July celebrations were missed due to blackout.
AT&T Argues Sinclair-Managed & Controlled Stations Negotiating Retrans in ‘Bad Faith’ By Michael Balderston Nine TV station owners have pulled 20 stations from AT&T services since May 30.
