Nelson R. 569 Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Adam MadMan said: I honestly wouldn't be shocked if Nexstar starts putting Antenna TV on all of their stations once the agreements with other owners run out (WTIC in Connecticut, for instance, may just lose it to WTNH once Bounce moves to WHPX). Heck, I'm pretty sure the only reason it's not on more Nexstar stations is because of affiliation agreements with other networks, like the Katz and Weigel networks (the former may not be as much of a problem for longer thanks to the Ion buyout). WJZY is another example...it will probably get it back from WCCB when that contract runs out. Ironically WCCB picked it up from WJZY after FTS bought WJZY. It won’t be on 46.2 though because it maps to WMYT 55.1. Edited October 15, 2020 by Nelson R. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12826-nexstaragain/page/65/#findComment-252109 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sendir 194 Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 Nexstar Media Group is combining its broadcasting and digital subsidiaries as Nexstar Inc. to “drive synergies, create operational efficiencies, reduce expenses and enhance financial results.” Timothy C. Busch becomes president, broadcasting; the digital business unit will be led by Karen Brophy; and Sean Compton will be president, networks, overseeing WGN America, AntennaTV and WGN Radio. 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12826-nexstaragain/page/65/#findComment-252490 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1955 Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 Basically, Tim & Sean are keeping their same positions under their new corporate structure. Tim was the president of subsidiary, Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc. And Sean was the EVP of WGN America, WGN Radio & Antenna TV & Director of Content Acquisition. The only one that's leaving is Gregory Raifman, president of Nexstar DIgital, LLC. He will stay on until his term is up at the end of March. The new structure will go in effect November 1st. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12826-nexstaragain/page/65/#findComment-252491 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1955 Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 (edited) The first set of stations going to Mission was greenlighted by the FCC today. KASY/KWBQ, WLAJ, WXXA, & WNAC. Edited December 2, 2020 by CircleSeven Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12826-nexstaragain/page/65/#findComment-252630 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LexTVandRadio 418 Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 WDKY-56 now has the nexstar website: https://foxlexington.com/ Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12826-nexstaragain/page/65/#findComment-253573 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1955 Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 We have another Nexstar station that's dropping MeTV for Antenna TV. La Crosse/Eau Claire's WLAX/WEUX is replacing MeTV for Antenna TV (25.2 & 48.2, respectively) beginning December 3. MeTV will be carried on Quincy's WXOW 19.3 (formerly Decades). Also, no word of what Gray's WEAU will be carrying to displace Antenna. It'll highly likely it'll carry Gray's Circle diginet in its place. I think its "safe to say" that Nexstar is waiting patiently for those MeTV contracts to expire....... Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12826-nexstaragain/page/65/#findComment-253662 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3931 Posted November 20, 2020 Author Share Posted November 20, 2020 (edited) 4 hours ago, CircleSeven said: We have another Nexstar station that's dropping MeTV for Antenna TV. La Crosse/Eau Claire's WLAX/WEUX is replacing MeTV for Antenna TV (25.2 & 48.2, respectively) beginning December 3. MeTV will be carried on Quincy's WXOW 19.3 (formerly Decades). Also, no word of what Gray's WEAU will be carrying to displace Antenna. It'll highly likely it'll carry Gray's Circle diginet in its place. I think its "safe to say" that Nexstar is waiting patiently for those MeTV contracts to expire....... Next year, it will be a decade since Media General dropped Retro TV (RTV) in favor of MeTV in many of their markets at the time. Would it be safe to assume that this could be the next wave of Antenna TV agreements, barring any existing commitments they would have in their respective markets? Sinclair picked up a lot of Antenna TV affiliations in recent years, I wonder if they would be willing to pick up MeTV should Nexstar exercise the right to carry Antenna TV? Edited November 20, 2020 by tyrannical bastard Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12826-nexstaragain/page/65/#findComment-253667 Share on other sites More sharing options...
blizzard59 41 Posted November 27, 2020 Share Posted November 27, 2020 I see that to watch livestreams of WBRE/WYOU newscasts now, you have to login with a participating TV provider. So far, the only participating providers are four small local operations. Is Nexstar testing out restricting local station livestreams to pay TV subscribers or something? https://www.pahomepage.com/live-stream/ 1 3 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12826-nexstaragain/page/65/#findComment-253893 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRyan 560 Posted November 27, 2020 Share Posted November 27, 2020 6 minutes ago, blizzard59 said: I see that to watch livestreams of WBRE/WYOU newscasts now, you have to login with a participating TV provider. So far, the only participating providers are four small local operations. Is Nexstar testing out restricting local station livestreams to pay TV subscribers or something? https://www.pahomepage.com/live-stream/ That would be a terrible mistake if Nexstar rolled out restrictions to the remainder of its stations. And besides, it makes zero sense for them to do for local stations. They broadcast OTA, so why they would require people to sign-in via a TV provider has me confused as to the logic of it. 3 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12826-nexstaragain/page/65/#findComment-253894 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1955 Posted November 27, 2020 Share Posted November 27, 2020 (edited) That's a damn shame. But I cannot be surprised. Before the M&A craze, Nexstar didn't even live stream their newscasts online. To this day, most of the pre-2011 Nexstar stations still don't live stream. This latest move is just a stark contrast (a complete 180°) to what the other groups are doing. Scripps, Gray, Cox, even the O&Os, have gone all-in on streaming (especially on platforms (ie Roku & FireTV)). Where's Nexstar on any of this? And what's worse about it, as many folks are cutting the cord like crazy, how about when the power goes out, and they can't watch the broadcast without authentication? You might as well call this a paywall. It's not like they're streaming the entire linear station online. Edited November 27, 2020 by CircleSeven 4 1 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12826-nexstaragain/page/65/#findComment-253898 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newsjunkie24 506 Posted November 27, 2020 Share Posted November 27, 2020 2 hours ago, CircleSeven said: That's a damn shame. But I cannot be surprised. Before the M&A craze, Nexstar didn't even live stream their newscasts online. To this day, most of the pre-2011 Nexstar stations still don't live stream. This latest move is just a stark contrast (a complete 180°) to what the other groups are doing. Scripps, Gray, Cox, even the O&Os, have gone all-in on streaming (especially on platforms (ie Roku & FireTV)). Where's Nexstar on any of this? And what's worse about it, as many folks are cutting the cord like crazy, how about when the power goes out, and they can't watch the broadcast without authentication? You might as well call this a paywall. It's not like they're streaming the entire linear station online. I don't know why most companies nowadays still don't put streaming services on TV Everywhere paywalls. It's 2020 and traditional pay TV is declining every year. This is a bad move by them and possibly a safety risk. Will they do this during severe weather events? I swear these station owners are not evolving with the times. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12826-nexstaragain/page/65/#findComment-253899 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3931 Posted November 27, 2020 Author Share Posted November 27, 2020 5 hours ago, Newsjunkie24 said: I don't know why most companies nowadays still don't put streaming services on TV Everywhere paywalls. It's 2020 and traditional pay TV is declining every year. This is a bad move by them and possibly a safety risk. Will they do this during severe weather events? I swear these station owners are not evolving with the times. I could remotely understand this for out-of-town viewers, but at least make it free for people who live inside the market, for pete's sake! On the other hand, they have the NewsNation debacle and have done little to make WGN America available outside of cable and satellite. What a seriously misguided strategy they have. 3 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12826-nexstaragain/page/65/#findComment-253909 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newsjunkie24 506 Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 1 hour ago, tyrannical bastard said: I could remotely understand this for out-of-town viewers, but at least make it free for people who live inside the market, for pete's sake! On the other hand, they have the NewsNation debacle and have done little to make WGN America available outside of cable and satellite. What a seriously misguided strategy they have. Maybe for Out-of Town viewers. I know newspapers have been under paywalls for quite a few years now and some are free but require you to create an account. The fact that WGN America is not available on any streaming platform in 2020 is absurd. Cable and Satellite will continue to decline in popularity. Wonder if NewsNation would be more popular if it was on any streaming platform ? 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12826-nexstaragain/page/65/#findComment-253910 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRyan 560 Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 (edited) I currently live in the Charlotte area but I like being able to occasionally watch the local news from KOLR10. If they go behind a pay-wall, it will leave me without the ability to watch them (since I'm not currently living in the market). I really, really hope that Nexstar doesn't start restricting access to the live streams. Edited November 28, 2020 by TheRyan 3 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12826-nexstaragain/page/65/#findComment-253912 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRob 937 Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 Nexstar was supposed to have a big "digital first" push among all its stations until the pandemic hit. You'll see a renewal of it for 2021, and, yes, they'll try to squeeze as much money from it as possible. Look for some of the bigger stations to be doing talk radio for TV online in between newscasts. I think WFLA already does a version of it. 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12826-nexstaragain/page/65/#findComment-253913 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3931 Posted November 28, 2020 Author Share Posted November 28, 2020 Bottom line is, you've seen one Nexstar station, you've seen them all. They have gotten quite good at bicycling stories between adjacent markets. And then there's NewsNation. 3 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12826-nexstaragain/page/65/#findComment-253915 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRob 937 Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 Yep, you can hit the big-time right away at your first job in Fargo or Danville or wherever, watching your package air verbatim on News Nation. 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12826-nexstaragain/page/65/#findComment-253916 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newsjunkie24 506 Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 19 minutes ago, tyrannical bastard said: Bottom line is, you've seen one Nexstar station, you've seen them all. They have gotten quite good at bicycling stories between adjacent markets. And then there's NewsNation. That can be said with radio and TV. So much homogenisation. 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12826-nexstaragain/page/65/#findComment-253917 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dman748 1256 Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 (edited) On 11/27/2020 at 12:19 PM, Newsjunkie24 said: This is a bad move by them and possibly a safety risk. Will they do this during severe weather events? This is especially true in Severe Weather markets now those who archive severe weather coverage to YouTube would have no way of being able to freely access stations such as WIAT, KFOR, the KSN stations, or WDAF if they were to go behind the paywall. I have no idea what the heck Nexstar is thinking but.. this is just not a very smart move. P.S. all of the stations I just mentioned are in markets that are very Severe Weather savy. Edited November 29, 2020 by dman748 6 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12826-nexstaragain/page/65/#findComment-253936 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGSJenkins 434 Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 Now it's one thing to login if they are airing network and syndicated programming on the website (like the NBC O&O's sites) or a local cable news station but it's another if you need a login for a local OTA newscast. Ironically, DISH and Nexstar are having issues right now and if a deal isn't made by this Wednesday December 2nd, DISH viewers are out of luck. 4 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12826-nexstaragain/page/65/#findComment-253958 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newsjunkie24 506 Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 5 hours ago, RGSJenkins said: Now it's one thing to login if they are airing network and syndicated programming on the website (like the NBC O&O's sites) or a local cable news station but it's another if you need a login for a local OTA newscast. Ironically, DISH and Nexstar are having issues right now and if a deal isn't made by this Wednesday December 2nd, DISH viewers are out of luck. I agree with that. But anything available free OTA, especially newscasts shouldn't be locked up behind a paywall. 1 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12826-nexstaragain/page/65/#findComment-253963 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1955 Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Already mention on the NewsNation thread but color me surprised....... Nexstar has struck a deal with YouTube TV to carry WGN America. The carriage will begin on January 19. Will they carry Channel 9 or those other locals streams as well? ___________________________ But here's the really big news. The FCC just greenlighted the WPIX deal to Mission. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12826-nexstaragain/page/65/#findComment-254012 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3931 Posted December 1, 2020 Author Share Posted December 1, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, CircleSeven said: Already mention on the NewsNation thread but color me surprised....... Nexstar has struck a deal with YouTube TV to carry WGN America. The carriage will begin on January 19. Will they carry Channel 9 or those other locals streams as well? ___________________________ But here's the really big news. The FCC just greenlighted the WPIX deal to Mission. Here's hoping on the other local streams. KTLA, KWGN, KPLR, WTVW and the other Nexstar CW affiliates are noticeably absent, and if they re-up with WPIX, it stays since it was added under Scripps. While WGN Chicago is absent, YTTV not only carries CW26, but also Weigel's "The U" subchannel as well! Bonus points if "Antenna TV" is carried as well sometime in the near future. Edited December 1, 2020 by tyrannical bastard Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12826-nexstaragain/page/65/#findComment-254014 Share on other sites More sharing options...
blizzard59 41 Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 On 11/27/2020 at 12:29 AM, blizzard59 said: I see that to watch livestreams of WBRE/WYOU newscasts now, you have to login with a participating TV provider. So far, the only participating providers are four small local operations. Is Nexstar testing out restricting local station livestreams to pay TV subscribers or something? https://www.pahomepage.com/live-stream/ This is no longer an isolated incident. WTNH has also gotten a paywall set up on its live stream of local newscasts. https://www.wtnh.com/news-8-newscasts/ 3 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12826-nexstaragain/page/65/#findComment-254426 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmasters1 400 Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 On 11/27/2020 at 8:48 PM, TheRyan said: I currently live in the Charlotte area but I like being able to occasionally watch the local news from KOLR10. If they go behind a pay-wall, it will leave me without the ability to watch them (since I'm not currently living in the market). I really, really hope that Nexstar doesn't start restricting access to the live streams. I live in South Carolina, but I also find 6ABC Action News from WPVI quite interesting (I used to be able to see it on the NewsOn app, until Disney took WPVI and all their stations off from that); that said, I hope Disney doesn't pull a Nexstar and restrict the ABC O&Os to residents of those areas. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12826-nexstaragain/page/65/#findComment-254427 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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