NowBergen 480 Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 11 hours ago, CircleSeven said: Fox reached a last-minute deal with Altice to avoid a blackout. However, Nexstar has yanked its signals off of Fios. The Providence Journal has an article on how to watch the Patriots game (Nexstar owns the CBS, FOX and CW affiliates). It is of course behind a pay wall for subscribers only. And Gatehouse Media d/b/a Gannett wonders why folks no longer subscribe to a paper that is 90% the same in every Gannett paper. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MD TV 152 Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 Another Nexstar-related dispute. Mission Broadcasting's stations have been pulled from DirecTV: https://tvanswerman.com/2022/10/21/directv-loses-26-local-stations-in-fee-fight-with-mission-broadcasting/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DENDude 184 Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 1 hour ago, MD TV said: Another Nexstar-related dispute. Mission Broadcasting's stations have been pulled from DirecTV: https://tvanswerman.com/2022/10/21/directv-loses-26-local-stations-in-fee-fight-with-mission-broadcasting/ KFQX was shut off at 4:03PM this afternoon. I'll be curious to see how long this lasts, what's odd with KFQX is there is nothing mentioning the dropping of FOX4 at Westernslopenow.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1944 Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 A deal was made between Nexstar & Verizon Fios today (10/28), ending a two-week blackout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1944 Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 New scuffle. Dish Network has blacked out the Standard Media stations (KLKN, KBSI/WDKA & WLNE). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DENDude 184 Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 Has mission broadcasting reached a deal with DirecTV? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCB4TV 325 Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 1 hour ago, DENDude said: Has mission broadcasting reached a deal with DirecTV? Not yet. Also, DIRECTV is also in dispute with another Nexstar shell, White Knight Broadcasting. Is it just me, or do disputes with Sell Companies take longer to resolve? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1944 Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 New scuffle. Fox & DirecTV. Blackouts could happen as early as Friday Night (12/2). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atlnews2 557 Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 Cox is now in dispute with dish https://www.tvtechnology.com/news/cox-stations-dropped-from-dish 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VHSgoodiesWA 280 Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 On 11/28/2022 at 2:21 AM, CircleSeven said: New scuffle. Fox & DirecTV. Blackouts could happen as early as Friday Night (12/2). Major given the Qatar World Cup and the ever-popular NFL. This will hit bars and restaurants hard if they are turned off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MD TV 152 Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 The DirecTV-Fox dispute is over: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3410 Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 52 minutes ago, MD TV said: The DirecTV-Fox dispute is over: Were the affiliates ever in question (even on satellite DirecTV?) On the OTT platform it could have been an issue given the brief Disney/ABC vs. YouTubeTV spat last year when even the ABC affiliates were pulled from YTTV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrschimpf 2034 Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 35 minutes ago, tyrannical bastard said: Were the affiliates ever in question (even on satellite DirecTV?) This was exclusively Fox Television Stations thankfully (also lol MyNet is a complete afterthought). Also note that FNC and Fox Business are under a different agreement, so they were never in danger. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megatron81 178 Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 I thought that Fox and DirecTV would get a deal done at the 11TH hour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmericanErrorist 100 Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 On 12/3/2022 at 11:59 AM, mrschimpf said: This was exclusively Fox Television Stations thankfully (also lol MyNet is a complete afterthought). Also note that FNC and Fox Business are under a different agreement, so they were never in danger. The disputed involved the entire affiliate body on DirecTV Stream, for however many people actually use that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3410 Posted December 11, 2022 Share Posted December 11, 2022 A new one....Comcast/Xfinity and Nexstar are about to come to blows.... https://tvanswerman.com/2022/12/10/comcast-could-lose-nexstar-owned-local-stations-in-carriage-row/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megatron81 178 Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 (edited) I was surprised no date was given when the local Nexstar TV stations go dark on Comcast guessing Jan 1 12AM in my opinion. I think Nexstar has other deals with pay-TV that ends at on Dec Charter Spectrum & Mediacom I could be wrong on that will not know unless there is a scroll on the TV. Nexstar filed a lawsuit against Comcast also Charter Spectrum in 2021 over WPIX both want the FCC to make WPIX own to Nexstar. That could be dropped when a new deal becomes final. I think that Nexstar & Comcast dispute could be a long one in my opinion. The end of 2019 was when Comcast & Nexstar signed the 3 year deal. Forgot to say WPIX in the post last night. I didn't know that Nexstar also sued Spectrum I thought that was only Comcast found out on B&C article on Comcast & Nexstar stations going dark. Edited December 13, 2022 by Megatron81 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NowBergen 480 Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 4 hours ago, Megatron81 said: I was surprised no date was given when the local Nexstar TV stations go dark on Comcast guessing Jan 1 12AM in my opinion. I think Nexstar has other deals with pay-TV that ends at on Dec Charter Spectrum & Mediacom I could be wrong on that will not know unless there is a scroll on the TV. Nexstar filed a lawsuit against Comcast in 2021 that could be dropped when a new deal becomes final. I think that Nexstar & Comcast dispute could be a long one in my opinion. The end of 2019 was when Comcast & Nexstar signed the 3 year deal. Nexstar, oops Mission stations are still off Cox cable. It’s over a month now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdex86 48 Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 (edited) On 12/12/2022 at 6:27 AM, NowBergen said: Nexstar, oops Mission stations are still off Cox cable. It’s over a month now. Mission (and Nexstar) stations are still on Cox cable. I can confirm WPRI and WNAC are still on Cox in RI. But Mission Broadcasting stations are still off DirecTV (satellite and stream). Is there some sort of loophole that Nexstar is exploiting by "directly owning" one station in a market and "Mission Broadcasting" owning a different station in the same market? For example: in Providence RI Nexstar owns WPRI (CBS) and Mission owns WNAC (Fox). WNAC airs local news at 10 PM that has the same graphics and on-air talent as WPRI. in Burlington VT Nexstar owns WFFF (Fox) and Mission owns WVNY (ABC). WFFF airs local news at 10 PM that has the same graphics and on-air talent as WVNY. in Albany NY Nexstar owns WTEN (ABC) and Mission owns WXXA (Fox). WXXA airs local news at 10 PM that has the same graphics and on-air talent as WTEN. Currently DirecTV subs in Providence and Albany don't have their local Fox stations but still get the other station in the duopoly. Burlington market DirecTV subs lost Fox but still have ABC. And during the Nexstar/Verizon Fios dispute, these markets kept their Fox stations but lost WPRI or WTEN. This seems very weird and confusing to me. Edited December 14, 2022 by kdex86 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NowBergen 480 Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 In Providence both Fox and the CW are blacked out on DirecTV. Saw it myself the other day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3410 Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 It just keeps getting better between Nexstar and Xfinity....and even Mission is involved as well..... https://www.cablefax.com/distribution/retrans-rumble-comcast-files-bad-faith-complaint-against-nexstar-at-fcc And the stations are scheduled to go dark THIS WEEKEND. I don't normally cheer for a blackout, but Nexstar has had this coming to them for a long time. They invented this game, and if they don't play by the rules they're about to lose big time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennTV1983 741 Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 6 hours ago, tyrannical bastard said: It just keeps getting better between Nexstar and Xfinity....and even Mission is involved as well..... https://www.cablefax.com/distribution/retrans-rumble-comcast-files-bad-faith-complaint-against-nexstar-at-fcc And the stations are scheduled to go dark THIS WEEKEND. I don't normally cheer for a blackout, but Nexstar has had this coming to them for a long time. They invented this game, and if they don't play by the rules they're about to lose big time. Ads have already started running in affected markets with a Nexstar-owned CBS station: 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recovering Producer 88 Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 24 minutes ago, TennTV1983 said: Ads have already started running in affected markets with a Nexstar-owned CBS station: Uhhhhh, who is going to tell them CBS doesn't have any college football left for the season other than the Sun Bowl? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABC 7 Denver 1547 Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 8 hours ago, kdex86 said: Mission (and Nexstar) stations are still on Cox cable. I can confirm WPRI and WNAC are still on Cox in RI. But Mission Broadcasting stations are still off DirecTV (satellite and stream). Is there some sort of loophole that Nexstar is exploiting by "directly owning" one station in a market and "Mission Broadcasting" owning a different station in the same market? For example: in Providence RI Nexstar owns WPRI (CBS) and Mission owns WNAC (Fox). WNAC airs local news at 10 PM that has the same graphics and on-air talent as WPRI. in Burlington VT Nexstar owns WFFF (Fox) and Mission owns WVNY (ABC). WFFF airs local news at 10 PM that has the same graphics and on-air talent as WVNY. in Albany NY Nexstar owns WTEN (ABC) and Mission owns WXXA (Fox). WXXA airs local news at 10 PM that has the same graphics and on-air talent as WTEN. Currently DirecTV subs in Providence and Albany don't have their local Fox stations but still get the other station in the duopoly. Burlington market DirecTV subs lost Fox but still have ABC. And during the Nexstar/Verizon Fios dispute, these markets kept their Fox stations but lost WPRI or WTEN. This seems very weird and confusing to me. Hi. Are you new here? Not being condescending; legitimately asking. This Shared Services/Local Marketing Agreement structure of side-care station ownership has been an overarching theme over the last ~decade in the consolidation of station ownership, mainly with Nexstar and Sinclair as the culprits. The FCC has seemed disinclined to prevent this market manipulation, though I would have hoped the Biden Administration had taken a firm stance and unraveled these blatant violations of the ownership rule. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdex86 48 Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 41 minutes ago, TennTV1983 said: Ads have already started running in affected markets with a Nexstar-owned CBS station: Lol, this commercial is coming from WPRI in Providence. The city of Providence itself (along with the rest of Rhode Island) is served by Cox. Comcast only transmits WPRI in Massachusetts, and they also carry WBZ out of Boston everywhere they carry WPRI. If this station goes dark nobody will be missing CBS programming in Massachusetts. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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