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06/18/2026
Another DirecTV Duopoly Strikeout
Another broadcast deal received the blessing of the FCC Media Bureau over DirecTV’s objections. The Mario Peter Iacobelli Revocable Trust, which controls Heritage Broadcasting, got the green light Thursday to acquire Cadillac Telecasting’s WFQX and WFUP.
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06/10/2026
Football Was Never Really Free
There was plenty of talk at Wednesday’s House Judiciary Subcommittee hearing on sports content moving behind a paywall instead of on broadcast.
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06/04/2026
Nexstar, Scripps, Sinclair on Merger Madness
Nexstar President/COO Michael Biard phoned into Gabelli’s annual sports and media symposium in NYC on Thursday to give a status update on where things stand in the courts with its Tegna merger.
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05/08/2026
Scripps Talks Comcast, Mum on Sinclair
On its 1Q26 earnings call Friday, Scripps briefly touched on its recent carriage dispute with Comcast, which saw the broadcaster’s nets go dark from March 31 to May 5.
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05/07/2026
Nexstar Stays Confident on Tegna
To say the $6.2 billion Nexstar-Tegna merger is in a tricky spot would be an understatement.
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04/30/2026
Sinclair’s Consolidation Dreams
The Nexstar-Tegna combo may have hit a wall for now, but that regulatory scuffle hasn’t extinguished Sinclair President/CEO Chris Ripley’s own consolidation dreams.