Tag: Blackout
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YouTube TV, Fubo and More May Have to Refund Customers During a Blackout Under a New FCC Proposal
Cable and satellite TV providers may not be the only ones required to refund customers during network blackouts under the Federal Communications Commission’s proposal. In the notice of proposed rulemaking, released on January 17, the FCC said it’s focusing on cable and satellite TV providers, but some of the rule’s proponents say the refund requirement…
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The Future of Local ABC, CBS, FOX, & NBC TV Stations Looks Bleak As Cable TV Network Blackouts Become More Frequent
It’s likely that we’ll continue to see feuds between cable resulting in local TV station blackouts in 2024 as cord cutting grows. According to The Dallas Morning News, there have been 83 TV blackouts since the start of 2020. This year alone, we’ve seen blackouts as the result of respective disagreements between DIRECTV and Nextar…
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Mission Broadcasting Blacks Out Local Stations for DISH Customers in 21 Markets
DISH has announced that after a rejected request for a contract extension, Mission Broadcasting has blacked out local channels for DISH customers in 21 markets spanning 18 states. “Mission proudly claims on its website that its stations ‘provide free over-the-air programming,’ but clearly their actions could not run more counter to that claim,” said Brian…
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How to Get Around PlayStation Vue’s NFL Blackouts
Yesterday was a tough day for NFL fans who use PlayStation Vue because Sony’s live TV streaming service blacked out NFL games on FOX and we even had a few reports of CBS NFL games being blacked out. What was even stranger about that was how some markets were blacked out while others streamed the…
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MLB Close to Deal Ending Blackouts
Major League Baseball has long made it clear they want to end blackouts of baseball games through their At Bat service. Sadly their hands have been tied until they could get major networks like Fox to agree to contract changes. The good news for cord cutters is that Sports Business Journal is reporting Fox has…