Retransmission Consent

Judgment issued six months after a New York state appeals court upheld a ruling that Nexstar fraudulently collected $10.5 million in retrans fees from DirecTV

Regulation In meetings with FCC staff, industry group again panned a proposal requiring MVPDs to notify agency when retrans disputes prompt station drops

The retransmission agreement will give its customers continued access to programming on Gray stations

The FCC had imposed fines on Nexstar and Mission Broadcasting and ordered Mission to sell WPIX

CW affiliates in eight markets have been added to the vMVPD's local offering

The lawsuit stems from a long-running retransmission dispute involving Mission and White Knight that has blacked out their stations on DirecTV

The FCC had fined Nexstar for violating good faith rules in its negotiations with Hawaiian Telecom Services

Proposal would exceed FCC’s “very limited authority relating to retransmission consent,” and might make blackouts more common, the NAB argued

The survey commissioned by an opponent of the regulation found that 57% oppose regulating vMVPDs like cable

“Procedurally improper, prejudicial, and unsupported by the facts or the law,” Nexstar said