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Retransmission Consent
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Premium Content
04/16/2025
Policy Talk at Pennsylvania Broadband Summit
If everything that’s been transpiring in D.C. this year feels like a vortex of uncertainty, you’re not alone.
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01/18/2025
Optimum, Nexstar Reach Deal
Late Friday night, Altice USA and Nexstar reached an agreement to restore the broadcaster’s stations and NewsNation to Optimum’s lineup, ensuring NFL playoff games aren’t missed.
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01/10/2025
Optimum Loses Nexstar Stations
At 5pm ET Friday, Nexstar stations were removed from Altice USA’s Optimum cable systems with the two unable to reach a new retransmission consent agreement.
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Premium Content
06/07/2024
Programmers, Distributors Duel in Comments on Video Market
The friction between distributors and programmers of all kinds is on display at the FCC as the agency gathers comments on proposals to help independent programmers continue to compete effectively for carriage on MVPDs, streaming platforms and more.
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Premium Content
03/13/2024
Effros: Just Askin’
It’s no wonder that at least one side of the negotiations for “retransmission consent” loves to time the negotiations just before an anticipated major event.
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Premium Content
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.