Tag: Nexstar
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CBS Renews Affiliate Deals With 19 Nexstar Owned CBS Affiliates
Today CBS and Nexstar media announced that they have reached a deal to renew 19 CBS affiliate stations. These 19 stations are owned and operated by Nexstar and would have had their contracts expire at the end of 2019. “We are pleased to reach this agreement with our longtime and valued partner Nexstar well ahead…
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The DOJ Approves Nexstar’s Purchase of Tribune-Owned ABC, CBS, FOX, & NBC Locals with Conditions
In December, Nexstar announced a deal to buy Tribune’s ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC stations for $6.4 billion. Today, the DOJ approved the sale of Tribune-owned locals to Nexstar as long as Nexstar sells one or more local stations in 13 markets. “Without the required divestitures, Nexstar’s merger with Tribune threatens significant competitive harm to…
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PlayStation Vue is Adding More Nexstar Owned NBC Local TV Stations
Today PlayStation Vue started to add more Nexstar owned ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC local TV stations. Update: We have confirmed that PlayStation Vue only added Nexstar owned NBC locals today. Here are the NBC locals PlayStation Vue added today: Amarillo, TX (KAMR Local 4) Austin, TX (KXAN) Bakersfield, CA (KGET-TV 17) Baton Rouge, LA…
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Nexstar Pushed AT&T For a 100% Increase in Fees For its ABC, CBS, Fox, & NBC Owned Locals
Today AT&T’s CEO Randall Stephenson talked about the current blackout of CBS and Nexstar owned locals on DIRECTV, DIRECTV NOW, & U-verse TV. According to AT&T during talks, Nexstar went on to ask for a 50% increase. AT&T’s CEO went on to warn that the Nexstar blackout “could take a while” as it sounds like…
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AT&T Declined Nexstar’s Offer to Keep Its Locals on DIRECTV NOW, DIRECTV, & U-verse TV
On the 4th of July AT&T removed over 100 Nexstar owned local affiliates from DIRECTV NOW, DIRECTV, & U-verse TV. Now Nexstar is claiming that AT&T has turned down their offer to keep Nexstar owned stations live as talks continue. Here is part of the statement Nexstar has posted online. “Nexstar has been negotiating in…
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AT&T’s DIRECTV NOW, DIRECTV, & U-Verse TV Drops Nexstar Owned ABC, CBS, FOX, & NBC Locals
Did you wake up this morning to find your local ABC, CBS, FOX, or NBC affiliate dark? Right now AT&T and Nexstar are in a fight over fees. This fight has resulted in AT&T removing most Nexstar owned locals from DIRECTV NOW, DIRECTV, and U-Verse TV, Blackouts like this are not new and the channels…
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Nexstar Launches Commercial Free 24 Hour Live Local News Service for The Bay Area
Nexstar affiliate KRON has launched a 24/7 local news streaming service, called KRON-ON. KRON-ON is the Bay Area’s only commercial-free 24/7 local digital news platform. The focus is on localism and keeping Bay Area residents in the loop about what’s happening in their area at all times. In a press release, Tim Busch, President of…
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Scripps and Tegna Are Buying 19 ABC, CBS, FOX, & CW Stations From Nexstar
We’ve learned that Scripps and Tegna will be making a purchase of 19 Nexstar TV stations for $1.32 billion. 11 of those networks will be going to Tegna. The local stations are located in eight markets including Memphis and Hartford. Scripps will take on eight networks in seven markets. Scripps will now own the following…
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Nexstar Plans to Sell 14 Stations in Order to Buy Tribune
This week Nexstar announced plans to sell 14 stations according to an FCC filing. This is part of a $6.4 billion deal to buy Tribune’s ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC stations. This deal will add more than 40 stations to Nexstar’s list of locals including KTLA in Los Angeles, WPIX in New York, and WGN-TV in…
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PlayStation Vue is Adding More Nexstar Owned Local Channels
Back in November 2017, Nexstar announced that their ABC, CBS, and NBC owned affiliates would be coming to PlayStation Vue. Now it looks like PlayStation Vue is once again adding more Nexstar owned CBS affiliates by adding WNCN in North Carolina and KOIN in Portland to name a few of the channels added this week. This…