Latest about Retransmission Negotiations

Cox Media Group

Cox Demands Dish Correct False Claims About TV Blackout

By Tom Butts published

Station group lambastes satellite provider over deceptive claims about station blackout and ‘fabricated attacks’ on Cox journalism

Business
DirecTV

White Knight, Mission Spurn DirecTV Request to Return TV Stations to Lineup

By Tom Butts published

DirecTV accuses broadcasters of 'betraying the public trust'

DirecTV

DirecTV Asks Broadcast Groups to Return Channels for Election Season

By Tom Butts published

Satellite pay TV provider says it will pay “whatever higher retransmission rates” the companies eventually agree to

Gray Television

Gray TV Loses FCC Retrans Case Against Frontier

By Michael Balderston published

FCC says Frontier negotiated in good faith

Regulatory and Standards
U.S. Capitol

Modern TV Act of 2021 Tackles Blackouts

By Michael Balderston published

2020 saw 327 blackouts due to retransmission negotiations

Regulatory and Standards
Gray Television

Frontier to FCC: Value of Gray Stations Sticking Point in Retrans Talks

By Michael Balderston published

Gray has claimed that Frontier has not negotiated in good faith

Regulatory and Standards
Tegna

Tegna Open to Negotiating to End AT&T Blackout

By Michael Balderston published

Tegna stations have been unavailable on DirecTV since Dec. 1

Business
tower

Broadcasters Want FCC to Lift Retrans Fines

By Michael Balderston published

Says FCC was off-base in fining $10 million for not negotiating in good faith

Regulatory and Standards
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Dish Blacks Out Mission Broadcasting Stations

By Michael Balderston published

Twenty-one markets are impacted

Business
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MVPDs’ Retrans Complaints Have Little Merit, NAB Tells FCC

By Michael Balderston published

NAB says issues raised by MVPDs have no bearing on local TV ownership rules

Regulatory and Standards
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