Ending a two-and-a-half month impasse, DirecTV and leading station owner Nexstar Media Group have agreed to restore the signals of dozens of stations as the companies work to finalize a carriage renewal.
About 159 ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC and CW affiliates as well as cable network NewsNation went dark July 2 due to a fight over distribution terms. The rift was followed by a shorter but even more closely tracked one between Disney and Charter, which ended last week after a 10-day outage.
Nexstar is the No. 1 local-station owner in the U.S., and DirecTV is the country’s third-largest pay-TV provider. Top markets affected by the fight included L.A., Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Denver, including such marquee stations as KTLA and WGN. The exact number of DirecTV subscribers affected has been a matter of dispute. Nexstar has said it is more than 10 million of DirecTV’s base of almost 13 million, while DirecTV has maintained the number is significantly lower.
Via: Deadline.com
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