FuboTV to Carry Nexstar’s WGN America Channel

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Deal extends distribution among streaming viewers

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fuboTV subscribers will be able to watch WGN America's 'NewsNation; (Image credit: WGNA)

Nexstar Media Group said it has reached a deal with fuboTV, which will distribute Nexstar’s WGN America channel on its streaming platform.

Also read: Nexstar’s WGN America Gets YouTube TV Carriage.

WGN America will be carried on fuboTV’s base package beginning in mid January. Nexstar earlier this month, struck a deal to be distributed in January by Google’s vMVPD YouTube TV.

Financial terms were not disclosed.

Because of a retransmission carriage dispute, WGN America is currently not being carried by Dish Network. 

“This agreement with fuboTV is another significant step forward in the strategic expansion of WGN America,” said Sean Compton, president of the Networks Division of Nexstar Inc. “We are excited to be adding fuboTV’s customers to the reach of the network, and to be bringing NewsNation to even more viewers at a time when so many people are looking for fact-based, unbiased reporting to help them make sense of rapidly changing events across the nation.”

Also Read: Nexstar’s ‘NewsNation’ Ready for Opening Night

Nexstar launched NewsNation, a national newscast relying on content from its 197 television stations in September.

Jon Lafayette
Jon Lafayette

Jon has been business editor of Broadcasting+Cable since 2010. He focuses on revenue-generating activities, including advertising and distribution, as well as executive intrigue and merger and acquisition activity. Just about any story is fair game, if a dollar sign can make its way into the article. Before B+C, Jon covered the industry for TVWeek, Cable World, Electronic Media, Advertising Age and The New York Post. A native New Yorker, Jon is hiding in plain sight in the suburbs of Chicago.