Nexstar brag may hurt in court as DirecTV lawsuit continues
Nexstar’s claim that its local TV stations reach 68 percent of the American population did not go unnoticed by DirecTV.
Nexstar’s claim that its local TV stations reach 68 percent of the American population did not go unnoticed by DirecTV.
DirecTV says it still has issues with Nexstar’s use of so-called “sidecar” businesses to extract higher rates for local TV channels.
More than 160 Nexstar-owned stations could be pulled from DirecTV by the end of the week over retransmission fees.
DirecTV says Nexstar’s shared services agreements amount to a conspiracy to raise retransmission fees for channels.
Dish Network customers in more than two dozen regions have lost access to Nexstar-controlled Mission and White Knight broadcast stations.