Some Fox, ABC affiliates might be missing from new sports streaming service
The joint venture being developed by Fox, Disney’s ESPN and Warner Bros Discovery might not offer every ABC and Fox station as once suggested.
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The joint venture being developed by Fox, Disney’s ESPN and Warner Bros Discovery might not offer every ABC and Fox station as once suggested.
KGO-TV, ABC7, was forced to simulcast its sister-station from Los Angeles for about two hours Thursday morning.
Fubo says it was forced to drop sports-inclusive channels offered by Warner Bros Discovery in order to take ESPN and other Disney-owned channels.
Fubo has extended its agreement with Nexstar for continued carriage of NewsNation and dozens of local TV stations.
More people are watching NBA games on ABC and ESPN this year than last year, with Nielsen showing a 16 percent year-over increase in viewership.
CBS, Fox and ABC each aired a national football game on December 25, with the “Monday Night Football” telecast being the second-highest ratings since 1996.
A TV photographer and a news helicopter pilot were killed when their aircraft crashed in a New Jersey field on Tuesday.
A DirecTV executive said the company has discussed bringing national feeds of broadcast networks to its platforms, but federal law currently prevent this from happening.
DirecTV is offering bill credits to customers who lost one or more channel due to its most-recent business dispute with TEGNA
Both sides have until prime-time to reach a new or temporary deal before TEGNA’s 60-plus channels are pulled.