After an 11-week blackout, Nexstar and DirecTV agreed to revive greater than 150 Nexstar-owned native TV stations to the satcaster’s lineup amid progress in contract negotiations.
Nexstar and DirecTV launched a joint assertion early Sunday to reveal that the stations would start returning to DirecTV’s channel menu, with a give attention to NFL-heavy markets the place Nexstar has CBS, NBC and Fox associates.
“In recognition and appreciation of the continued persistence of DirecTV prospects and Nexstar viewers, the businesses have agreed to briefly return the alerts of the Nexstar-owned tv stations and nationwide cable information community NewsNation to DirecTV, DirecTV Stream, and U-verse whereas we each work to finish the phrases of an settlement.”
The blackout started July 2 as Nexstar and DirecTV battled over contract phrases for a brand new retransmission consent settlement for 159 stations in 113 markets. The battle marks one of many longest standoffs between a significant broadcaster and pay TV distributor. It echoes lots of the points that have been at stake in Disney’s current public battle with Constitution Spectrum over carriage phrases for ESPN, ABC and different channels. The contract battle with DirecTV was laborious on Nexstar as a result of the satellite-delivered service has nationwide attain, in contrast to cable operators who function in regional clusters.
The joint assertion from Nexstar and DirecTV was a powerful indication {that a} accomplished deal is coming quickly. The ultimate phrases of the pact can be intently scrutinized by the business as it would assist set the monetary parameters of a wave of retransmission consent negotiation pacts coming for the biggest broadcasters and pay TV distributors.
Nexstar is the nation’s largest proprietor of TV stations. Satcaster DirecTV is the No. 3 conventional distributor, behind Comcast and Constitution, serving 12.7 million subscribers throughout the nation.
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