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05/08/2025
Cable Tells FCC to Say No to Forced ATSC 3.0 Transition
Cable is pushing back against a broadcast proposal for a mandatory ATSC 3.0/NextGen TV transition, saying it would be costly and unwanted by consumers. NAB wants the FCC to require most stations to fully transition to ATSC 3.0 by February 2028.
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12/01/2023
DirecTV’s Thun Argues Broadcast Model Must Change or Risk Extinction
We caught up with DirecTV Chief Content Officer Rob Thun to find out how serious the distributor is with its alternative retrans proposals and how long this blackout with TEGNA might last.
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09/15/2023
INSP Says Its Comcast Retier Shows Market Dysfunction
It’s been over a week since INSP affiliate Imagicomm saw its Spokane and Memphis stations removed from Comcast and the Fox affiliates remain dark with the two unable to agree to retransmission consent terms.
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06/30/2023
Sidecar Sideshow: Nexstar, DirecTV Prepare for a Showdown
While Nexstar began warning late Thursday that DirecTV customers could soon lose its more than 200 stations, the writing has been on the wall since October that negotiations between the two were likely going
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05/19/2023
Standard General- TEGNA Fight To the End for Merger
With only three days left before the Standard General – TEGNA financing deadline, the two companies have put forth a final push to convince the FCC to take a vote on the pending merger. Representatives from
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09/30/2022
FCC Seeks Retrans, Jobs Info for Standard General-Tegna
Friday marked Day 162 of the FCC ’s merger review of Standard General ’s $5.4 billion acquisition of Tegna, and the agency wants more information. FCC Media Bureau Chief Holly Saurer sent a letter Thursday