Tag: Tegna
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DIRECTV Says it Would Consider Cutting Out Locals to Avoid ‘Driving Business Off a Cliff’
DIRECTV has faced enough of these programming blackouts that one of its top executives said it may be time for the company to consider whether it’s worth offering local stations at all. “We’re starting to get to a point where enough’s enough,” DIRECTV Chief Content Officer Rob Thun told Cord Cutters News on Thursday. “We…
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DIRECTV is Offering $25 Gift Cards and Free Antennas After Tegna Blackout: Here is What You Need to Know
DIRECTV has run into another programming dispute, leading to its second blackout of local ABC, NBC, CBS, and FOX channels this year. This time it’s with Tegna, which owns 64 locals in 51 regions that are carried by DIRECTV. Given the last dispute with Nexstar lasted two and a half months, there’s no telling how…
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Tegna’s Deal to Sell Its Local ABC, CBS, FOX, & NBC Affiliates is Now Dead
Tegna Inc announced yesterday that its tentative $8.6 billion merger agreement with private equity firm Standard General won’t be happening.
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The FCC Had a New Hearing, to Determine If Some Local ABC, CBS, FOX, & NBC Affiliates Will Get a New Owner
With the May 22nd deadline quickly approaching, the FCC has agreed to meet with the companies on May 18th to discuss the deal’s approval.
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The Sale of Local ABC, CBS, FOX & NBC Stations Owned by Tegna May Be Dead
Tegna and Standard General requested the FCC reach a decision before May 17th, just shy of a week before the negotiations May 22nd deadline.
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Your Local TV Station May Soon Have New Owners
It is very likely you live in a market with a local TV station that is owned by Tegna. Now a deal for Standard General to buy Tegna for $8.6 billion is one step closer to becoming a reality. Tegna owns or operates 66 television stations in 54 markets. These stations include ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC…
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TEGNA to be Acquired by Private Equity Firms Standard General & Apollo
Standard General and Apollo Global Management are buying local TV giant TEGNA in a multi-billion-dollar deal. The two private equity firms will buy the company for $24 per share, TEGNA announced Tuesday. TEGNA was formed in 2015 when Gannett was split, creating TEGNA for its TV stations and keeping its newspaper business separate. The company…
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Tegna Launches New Streaming App for its Adventure Network ‘Quest’
Today, Tegna announced the launch of its streaming app for 24/7 adventure and exploration multicast network Quest. Now viewers can enjoy Quest’s library of factual entertainment, science, history and engineering programs, and daring adventure-reality series on the free, ad-supported streaming app. Series available include The Aviators, Scrap Kings, Mayday, Huge Moves, Monster Moves, Giant Lobster…
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AT&T and Tegna Reach an Agreement to Bring Locals Back to DirecTV, AT&T TV, AT&T TV Now & U-Verse
The AT&T and Tegna dispute has come to an end. The two companies released the following joint statement Sunday morning. TEGNA Inc. (NYSE: TGNA) and AT&T (NYSE: T) have entered into a new multi-year retransmission consent agreement to provide TEGNA-owned local broadcast stations to customers of AT&T’s video platforms across the country. All TEGNA stations…
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Tegna Responds to AT&T Dropping Locals
After failing to come to an agreement to keep Tegna-owned local channels on AT&T’s DirecTV, U-Verse, and AT&T TV, AT&T dropped the local stations from its services. Before the channels were dropped, AT&T shared a statement with customers on its website, saying “As many station owners like TEGNA keep losing viewers and sponsors, they’ve resorted…