Tag: Nexstar
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As Cord Cutting Grows Private Equity Firms Are Looking to Local TV Stations
The growth of cord cutting has not gone unnoticed by private equity firms. According to a CNBC story, groups like Apollo, Blackstone, and Providence are looking into buying local TV stations. According to the report, private equity firms are looking to buy stations owned by Nexstar Media Group, Tribune Media, and Sinclair Broadcasting Group. They…
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Hulu Just Added More Locals From Nexstar Media Group
Yesterday Hulu added more Nextstar Media Group-owned locals including the ABC WOI in Ames, Iowa. This puts Hulu well over 430 live locals the most live locals of any live TV streaming service. As of today here is every live local on Hulu’s live TV service: Location CBS ABC NBC FOX MyNET Telemundo CW Abilene-Sweetwater KTXS…
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DIRECTV NOW is Adding More Nextstar Owned CBS, FOX, and NBC Affiliates
Today AT&T started adding more CBS, FOX, and NBC affiliates to their live TV streaming service DIRECTV NOW. This time Nexstar affiliates are being added. 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…
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YouTube TV is Adding Some Nexstar Locals
Last night YouTube TV started to quietly add Nexstar owned locals to their live TV streaming service. As best we can tell right now YouTube TV is just adding Nexstar NBC locals. We have reports of Nexstar locals going live in Little Rock, Columbus, Wilkes-Barre-Scranton, and more. In total Nexstar owns over 30 NBC affiliates and…
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DIRECTV NOW Is Adding Even More Locals
For the third time this week DIRECTV NOW has added more locals. Earlier this week DIRECTV NOW added a ton of Sinclair-owned locals and now it looks like Nexstar is getting more locals. Yesterday several readers contacted Cord Cutters News to notify us that DIRECTV NOW has added WFLA-TV, a Nexstar-owned NBC affiliate in Tampa,…
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Nexstar Owned ABC, CBS, & NBC Affiliates Are Coming to DIRECTV NOW & PlayStation Vue
Yesterday during the 3rd quarter 2017 earnings call Nexstar announced that they have reached a deal to bring CBS affiliates and most of their NBC affiliates to live TV streaming services including DIRECTV NOW and PlayStation Vue. (Nexstar is the second largest owner of NBC affiliates in the United States.) “Nexstar now has reached mutually…
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DIRECTV NOW is Getting Ready to Add Nexstar NBC Affiliates This Week
Last week DIRECTV NOW added 8 Tegna NBC affiliates and now it looks like they are moving on to start adding Nexstar owned NBC affiliates to their live TV streaming service. Now they are not live yet but in several Nexstar owned NBC markets are starting to show up in DIRECT NOW’s search this morning. Typically…