Latest about Retransmission Negotiations
Optimum Blasts Tegna’s ‘Predatory’ Demands for Retrans Fee Increases
Station group’s request for 30% to 50% fee increases is ‘egregious’ and ‘divorced from market reality,’ the cable operator said
YouTube TV, TelevisaUnivision End Lengthy Blackout
New carriage deal restores networks taken off the vMVPD at the end of September
Disney, YouTube TV Reach Multi-Year Distribution Deal
The agreement ends the blackout of ABC, ESPN and other programs on the vMVPD
Disney Programming Dropped From YouTube TV
Business Parties blame each other for the blackout of ABC, ESPN and other Disney content after failing to agree on a new carriage deal
[UPDATED] Verizon Fios TV, Nexstar Blackout Looms as Contract Ends on Oct. 24
Both Verizon and the ATA blasted Nexstar’s demands for significant price increases during the negotiations, which could blackout 14 stations in 10 markets on Fios TV if a deal is not reached by Oct. 24
Nexstar Stations Dropped from Altice USA’s Optimum Cable Systems
Failure to conclude a new retransmission-consent agreement led to the blackout of 63 stations in 42 markets
FCC Issues Report and Order Requiring Blackout Reporting
Regulation Order requires cable and satellite operators to report broadcast-station blackouts from failed retransmission-consent negotiations
Scripps Taps Matthew Hijuelos To Lead Distribution Strategy
Has been station group’s senior director of media distribution
