Carriage Dispute
A carriage dispute occurs when a pay television distributor is unable to reach a new agreement with a broadcaster or programmer to continue offering their channels to subscribers.
FCC tosses Cincinnati Bell retrans complaint against Nexstar
The FCC dismissed Cincinnati Bell’s complaint alleging Nexstar failed to negotiate retransmission consent in good faith over WDTN and NewsNation.
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Verizon faces loss of Mission Broadcasting channels
A group representing some of the nation's largest pay television companies is sounding the whistle on a potential programming-related dispute between Verizon and Mission Broadcasting.
Fubo, NBC Universal start blame game over dropped channels
Disney-owned Fubo and Comcast's NBC Universal are trading blame for a carriage dispute that has deprived 1.6 million subscribers of national and local channels.
Fubo drops channels from NBC Universal amid fee dispute
Disney-owned streamer Fubo has pulled channels from rival broadcaster NBC Universal, owned by Comcast.
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Nielsen data reveals “Monday Night Football” audience drop during YouTube TV dispute
The Monday evening football program lost 1.2 million viewers during the first week of Disney's dispute with YouTube TV, the Nielsen data showed.
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YouTube TV to start issuing $20 bill credits on Sunday as ESPN remains offline
YouTube TV will start issuing $20 bill credits on Sunday as its dispute with Disney over channels like ESPN and ABC enters a second week.
Disney says ESPN to remain off YouTube TV through college football weekend
Both sides are still at odds over certain terms, including how much Google should pay Disney for distribution of ESPN, ABC and other channels on YouTube TV.
Disney execs wrongly claim YouTube TV pulled channels without warning
Disney and YouTube have both been warning TV viewers for weeks that a disruption was likely.
ABC, ESPN pulled from YouTube TV after contract expires
Around 10 million customers have lost access to ABC, ESPN, FX, National Geographic and other Disney-owned channels.
YouTube TV may lose ABC, Disney-owned channels before Halloween
Local ABC-owned channels and cable networks like FX, ESPN and National Geographic could be dropped from YouTube TV on October 30.
Nexstar stations could be pulled from Verizon Fios on Friday
Verizon is warning of a possible dispute that could leave its 2.6 million customers without Nexstar-owned channels on Friday.
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Televisa-Univision CEO thanks Trump during YouTube TV dispute
Trump warned that the loss of Univision on YouTube TV could be bad for Republicans in the midterm elections.
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