Retransmission Consent

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

Tells the FCC the fees “insulate MVPDs from the financial consequences of negotiating disputes”

Agreement covers 89 Nexstar-owned local television stations across the U.S. and Nexstar’s national cable news network, NewsNation

The agreement covers its local TV stations, NewsNation, Antenna TV and Rewind TV

Stations will temporarily return to DirecTV’s line-up as they work to negotiate a new carriage deal

Dish TV removing customers' access to 37 local channels in 27 markets in the latest carriage dispute

Multiyear agreement covers Nexstar’s KHON-TV (Fox), KHON2 (CW), and KHII-TV (MyNet), NewsNation and Rewind TV

Nexstar has “dragged…new viewers of a competing broadcaster against their will” into the dispute “regardless of DirecTV’s agreements to serve these viewers,” DirecTV told the FCC