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Nexstar Adviser: Station Group Could Buy ABC O&Os With ‘Little Friction’ If Disney Decides To Sell Them
By Daniel Frankel published
Tom Carter, a longtime Nexstar exec and now adviser to the CEO, also says the broadcaster is making progress on a DirecTV deal

NFL Kicked Off Thursday Night With 37 Nexstar-Controlled NBC Affiliates Blacked Out on DirecTV Platforms
By Daniel Frankel published
Now entering its third month, the ‘other’ major pay TV blackout is officially encroaching on serious sportsball business

DirecTV for Business Deploys Its First Ever Commercial Use-Only Satellite Receiver
By Daniel Frankel published
DirecTV's bars and restaurants unit, which had been getting by with refurbished residential H24 and H25 boxes for over a decade, finally gets its own dedicated CPE, the H26K

Muck of the Irish: DirecTV Now Says It Can't Show Notre Dame-vs.-Navy in Blackout-affected Nexstar Markets (Updated)
By Daniel Frankel published
DirecTV's agreement to show Notre Dame games on a 4K channel is apparently superseded by other 'contractual obligations'

DirecTV Presses FCC Again to Investigate Nexstar's Management Role With White Knight and Mission; End of Blackout Seems Nowhere in Sight
By Daniel Frankel published
DirecTV calls BS on Nexstar's claim that it can somehow keep sensitive third-party retrans information out of the hands of its top executives

DirecTV Loses Estimated 400,000 Subs in Q2 ... With Monster Nexstar Blackout Lingering and the Start of the NFL Season Looming
By Daniel Frankel published
The business end of the biggest station blackout in pay TV history is at hand

The CW Sees Flat Volume, Higher Prices in First Upfront Under Nexstar
By Jon Lafayette published
Broadcaster’s negotiators are meeting with DirecTV as football season nears kickoff

Chiefs Tight End Travis Kelce Becomes DirecTV's Latest 'Overly Direct Spokesperson'
By Daniel Frankel published
The Super Bowl-winning All Pro will follow Brian Cox in shaming those who have subpar sports-viewing acumen in TV commercials

DirecTV Accuses Nexstar of Further Expanding Mega-Blackout By Having Sinclair-Owned Stations Take Down CW Content From DirecTV Stream
By Daniel Frankel published
Pay TV company said Nexstar, which owns CW, had content from the network removed from Sinclair-owned affiliate streaming feeds in 21 DMAs

DirecTV Wins Summary Judgement in 2015 D.C. Retrans Fight as N.Y. Supreme Court Rules Nexstar Duped Satellite Company About NBC Affiliation
By Daniel Frankel published
Court rules the station group breached its contract by not telling the satellite TV company it was paying Big Four dollars for what was about to become a CW station
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