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The Programming Disputes Thread

I was surprised no date was given with Nexstar TV stations going dark on Comcast which I think will be Jan 1 at 12AM. I think there are a couple more deals that Nexstar has to get done before Jan 1 with pay-TV Charter Spectrum & Mediacom 2019 all 3 deals came up at the same time, I could be wrong on that only will know if scroll comes up that isn't Comcast.

Nexstar is suing Comcast they filed that in 2021 maybe that gets dropped when a new deal gets done.
 

Here is more in the Cox Dispute.

The NewsGuild-CWA and National Alliance of Broadcast Engineers and Technicians-CWA unions are using a retransmission consent impasse between Dish and Apollo Global Management’s Cox Media Group to argue against the Standard General-Tegna merger at the FCC.


The unions have petitioned to block the deal, and cited a B+C story about the retrans flap for tipping them to satellite TV provider Dish Network’s allegation that Cox Media Group delayed doing a retransmission-consent deal because it wanted to bundle in Standard General and Tegna stations “connected” to Apollo.

The Federal Communications Commission is currently vetting Standard General’s proposed purchase of Tegna stations. Standard General has agreed to acquire Tegna in a deal partially financed by Apollo. If the transaction is approved, CMG would wind up with some of the stations involved as part of the deal.
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Here is another dispute Dish is in with a company called Super Arab IPTV streaming service accusing that outlet over TV Piracy allegations.

A U.S. District Court in Texas has found that the Super Arab IPTV streaming service pirated a number of channels from Dish Network, is liable for copyright infringement and has been directed to pay the satellite-TV provider $2.1 million.

The court said Super Arab IPTV has to stop streaming any content from the Al Arabiya, Al Hayah 1, ART Cima, CBC, CBC Drama, Future TV, Hekayat, LBC, LBCI (aka LDC), and Melody Classic channels.

It must also turn over domain names superarabiptv.com, iptvarab.com, superarabiptv.net, box001.cn, box001.ru, superaccount1.com, and tutanota.net to DIsh, which will have full control of those names.
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Here is more Comcast files a complaint against Nexstar at the FCC in relation to the contract dispute.
Things keep getting messier between Comcast and Nexstar, with the cable operator filing a complaint at the FCC late Monday alleging that Nexstar and Mission have failed to negotiate retransmission consent in good faith. It comes as the cable operator faces the possibility of losing more than 90 Nexstar stations this weekend.

At the heart of the complaint is WPIX, a CW affiliate out of NYC owned by Mission but largely managed by Nexstar. Comcast lost WPIX on Dec. 3 because it wouldn’t agree to carry the station under an agreement with Nexstar rather than through a retrans agreement with Mission. Comcast told the FCC Nexstar is threatening to withhold the signals of its owned-and-licensed stations unless Comcast agrees to carry Mission’s WPIX under a new Nexstar agreement. According to the latest Nexstar statement, that deal appears to up at the end of the week, with Nexstar already running warnings to Comcast subscribers that they could lose stations in dozens of markets, including Chicago, Denver, Sacramento, CA, and Grand Rapids, MI.
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Also Comcast goes after the license holder for some of the Nexstar stations like Mission Broadcasting for similar allegations in the dispute.
 
Dish Network subscribers have lost satellite access to stations owned by Mission Broadcasting and White Knight Broadcasting because of a fee dispute.



About 850,000 Dish households are affected. Mission has about 30 stations, including WPIX-TV in New York in the Dish footprint. Two White Knight stations are involved.


“Both programming groups rejected Dish’s contract extension offers to keep programming available for customers while we continue to negotiate,” said Brian Neylon, group president, Dish TV. “We’re disappointed Mission and White Knight have chosen this course of action. The demanded fees are unreasonable given that Mission and White Knight’s viewership on Dish have significantly declined over the past three years, indicating that many viewers have moved to other channels for programming they prefer.”
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Two Groups related to Nexstar (Mission and White Knight) are in a dispute with Dish. This affects WPIX-TV New York whose license is owned by Mission but its newscasts are product by Nexstar is affected by the dispute.
 
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Area satellite customers without CBS, WYOU

DISH Network subscribers lost access to WYOU, the region’s CBS affiliate, on Friday due to an ongoing contract dispute with Texas-based Mission Broadcasting.
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Now Another TV Provider Pulls Plug on Shreveport's Fox 33

While I can certainly sympathize with that emotion, we have to understand that there are two sides to this argument and apparently neither side is willing to settle.
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Fox Providence pulled from DISH Network amid contract dispute

WNAC Fox Providence was removed from the satellite network on Friday in a contract standoff that is affecting 28 markets nationwide.
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Here are the Mission and White Knight stations affected by the dispute with Dish.
 
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DirecTV drops Newsmax

Television provider DirecTV has dropped conservative channel Newsmax from its lineup after a dispute over carrier fees, a decision the network is calling an act of political censorship. DirecTV’s current contract with Newsmax expired on Tuesday evening, after the television provider said it was...
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Newsmax is in a retrans Dispute with DirecTV. However Newsmax claims censorship even though it was a contract dispute that is the source of the issue here.
 

Paramount told CBS affiliates that they had until 5 p.m. today to agree to a retransmission consent deal that it had struck with Fubo or they would replace them on the vMVPD with a CBS “network feed” without the affiliates’ local programming, according to a CBS affiliate board email sent Friday afternoon to its members and obtained by TVNewsCheck.

The ultimatum comes after negotiations between Paramount and the affiliate board to extend their current deal of splitting Fubo retrans revenue broke down last night, the memo says.

The memo says Paramount’s last offer was worse than an earlier one and that it had not responded to the affiliates’ latest counteroffer.
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Dish Network has dropped MeTV as the contract has expired. They state that they are in negotiations, but also point viewers to TV Land, Sundance TV, fetv and other outlets. However, if one goes to Sundance TV, the message reads “Programming Not Authorized.” It doesn’t bother me one bit-I stopped watching MeTV after they dropped “WKRP In Cincinnati.” (LOL)
 

Here is an odd one some CBS affiliates that are not owned by Paramount could be removed from FuboTV for contract reasons. Yes that means the Non-Paramount owned stations like KIRO-TV, KLAS-TV, KFMB-TV, KPHO-TV could be replaced with Paramount owned CBS National feed in its place if a contract for non CBS O&O's are not approved. Note stations like KCBS, WCBS, KCAL, KPIX, KOVR, KBCW, WBBM and KMAX are approved with FuboTV since they are Paramount owned stations.

The new deal with the sports-focused streamer would run until after CBS broadcasts the Super Bowl in 2024.


“FuboTV’s affiliation agreement with Paramount Global includes our right to carry CBS-owned and operated local stations and affiliated stations upon their election to opt into it,” Fubo said in a statement Friday. “Unfortunately, some CBS affiliates have decided not to opt into our current agreement. In those affected affiliate markets, Fubo will switch customers to a national feed of CBS’s signal, allowing our customers to continue watch their favorite CBS programming.”



The affiliate board said it did not endorse the last offer it got from Paramount. Negotiations have been going on for six months, and the board said the current, “last-minute” proposal was worse than earlier proposals. Paramount has ignored counter offers made by the affiliates and their efforts to negotiate their own retransmission deal, the board said.


One affiliate told B+C that Paramount was lowballing the affiliates. The board noted that in addition to negotiating for carriage of the stations, Paramount is also negotiating a rate that includes the company’s cable networks, presenting a conflict of interest.
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Senate Republicans pen letter asking DirecTV to explain decision ditching Newsmax

A group of leading Senate Republicans is requesting information from cable provider DirecTV surrounding its recent decision to drop conservative network Newsmax from its channel lineup. In a letter dated Feb. 1 and shared exclusively with The Hill, GOP Sens. Ted Cruz (Texas), Lindsey Graham...
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More Republicans protest the Newsmax/DirecTV dispute.
 
Y2kTheNewOldies said:
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Donald Trump calls Newsmax removal 'disgusting' as he loses key audience

The conservative news channel, which broadcasts the former president's political rallies live, has been removed from DirecTV over a pay dispute.
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Trump is directly ranting about the Newsmax/DirecTV dispute.
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shut up Trump, this is not about you or your political views, this was a business decision by a cable/satellite provider to drop the channel cause one side was greedy.
 
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