Nexstar pulls WPIX from Comcast systems in New York area
An ongoing battle between Comcast and Nexstar reached a peak this week when WPIX was pulled from systems in the New York City area.
Carriage Dispute
A carriage dispute happens during a negotiation between a distributor (cable, satellite or streaming provider) and a programmer (local broadcast station owner and/or owner-operator of cable channels). The dispute triggers when the distributor and the programmer are unable to reach an agreement for carriage of channels on a pay TV system, likely after a programmer requests an increase in fees.
Customers of the distributor platform are left without one or more channels during the dispute. Carriage disputes are usually resolved when a distributor agrees to terms that a programmer sets; customers typically see the outcome of these agreements reflected on their monthly or annual bills.
Fox avoids blackout with DirecTV
Fox Corporation and pay TV provider DirecTV inked a last-minute deal that avoided a carriage dispute.
Carriage disputes with DirecTV, Dish cause problems for college games
Subscribers of Dish Network and DirecTV satellite services may have to go without access to some high-profile college games due to a pair of carriage disputes with programmers.
Dish drops several Cox Media local stations
For the second time in two years, Dish Network has dropped several local broadcast stations owned by Cox Media Group after being asked to pay more in fees.
Fox warns of potential carriage dispute with DirecTV
Fox Corporation is warning of a programming blackout on DirecTV and DirecTV Stream if a new agreement isn’t reached by Friday.
Standard Media channels dropped from Dish Network
Standard Media says its four local broadcast stations have been dropped from satellite broadcaster Dish Network.
Nexstar, Verizon reach agreement to restore local channels
Nexstar and Verizon Fios reached an agreement this week that restored around a dozen local channels in the northeastern part of the country.
Mission Broadcasting pulls local stations from DirecTV, U-Verse
Mission Broadcasting has pulled more than two dozen local stations from satellite service DirecTV, DirecTV Stream and AT&T U-Verse.
Nexstar says Verizon is lying about Fios carriage dispute
A Nexstar spokesperson said Verizon is misleading customers about an ongoing carriage dispute.
Dish Network, Sling TV lose Disney-owned channels
Disney has pulled its cable and broadcast networks from Dish Network and Sling TV after both sides failed to reach a new carriage agreement.
