Retransmission Consent

Vizio TV users can now access live local channels directly within the Sling TV app, simplifying the viewing experience and eliminating the need to switch inputs

Trade group rebuts pay-TV operator proposal to reduce blackouts by changing rules governing retransmission consent, carriage negotiations

Regulation Dish's owner wants regulator to allow it to import stations to replace network affiliates during retransmission consent blackouts

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