JCB4TV 347 Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 It appears that the Hearst-AT&T Blackout is on. https://www.koco.com/article/a-message-for-directv-subscribers-2/30370617 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15949-retransmission-consent-squabbles/page/14/#findComment-238232 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3948 Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 (edited) The latest on AT&T & Hearst.... https://www.multichannel.com/news/hearst-stations-go-dark-to-directv Edited January 4, 2020 by tyrannical bastard Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15949-retransmission-consent-squabbles/page/14/#findComment-238243 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3948 Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 And hot of the presses, Dish has dropped the stations owned by Mission Broadcasting..... https://www.cordcuttersnews.com/dish-loses-18-local-tv-stations/ Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15949-retransmission-consent-squabbles/page/14/#findComment-238245 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphtato 43 Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 On 1/2/2020 at 5:45 AM, CircleSeven said: We do have the first blackout in 2020. Stations owned by the new Cox Media Group (acquired by Apollo Global Management) are blacked out from Verizon Fios systems. The stations affected are WFXT Boston, WPXI Pittsburgh (plus cable channel PCNC) and WSYT Syracuse. Agreement has been reached. https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/tv-radio/2020/01/04/Tuned-In-WPXI-returns-to-Verizon-s-FiOS-pittsburgh/stories/202001040059 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15949-retransmission-consent-squabbles/page/14/#findComment-238289 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle R 46 Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 Hearst and AT&T reach agreement. https://www.koco.com/article/a-message-for-directv-subscribers-2/30370617 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15949-retransmission-consent-squabbles/page/14/#findComment-238298 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCB4TV 347 Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 On 1/5/2020 at 12:12 PM, Kyle R said: Hearst and AT&T reach agreement. https://www.koco.com/article/a-message-for-directv-subscribers-2/30370617 In 2019, AT&T was in dispute with broadcasters for months on end, in 2020, they settle in a weekend. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15949-retransmission-consent-squabbles/page/14/#findComment-238388 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3948 Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 16 hours ago, JCB4TV said: In 2019, AT&T was in dispute with broadcasters for months on end, in 2020, they settle in a weekend. Hearst is either a better negotiator or was more flexible in their talks. Nexstar and the Sinclair shells? Not so much. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15949-retransmission-consent-squabbles/page/14/#findComment-238423 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrad 113 Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 (edited) On 1/7/2020 at 1:07 PM, tyrannical bastard said: Hearst is either a better negotiator or was more flexible in their talks. Nexstar and the Sinclair shells? Not so much. One of many things Hearst does right. Although I do wonder if their standards have been slipping as of late, given KMBC's decline in the past 5 years and the fact that Hearst lately has been forcing its stations to air must-runs. Hearst will be the best major owner going forward, now that Cox Media Group is 80% owned by a private equity firm, and private equity firms have always been all about money. Lately many prviate companies have been purchased by private equity firms. This is sad. Edited January 9, 2020 by Conrad Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15949-retransmission-consent-squabbles/page/14/#findComment-238484 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottJ 134 Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 (edited) U-verse blacked out WISC (CBS/MNT, Madison, Wisc.) last night. The dispute doesn't seem to include DirecTV or the other Morgan Murphy-owned stations. Edited January 9, 2020 by ScottJ Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15949-retransmission-consent-squabbles/page/14/#findComment-238538 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkolsen 1684 Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 On 1/8/2020 at 7:13 PM, Conrad said: Hearst lately has been forcing its stations to air must-runs. There really aren’t must runs like Sinclair or Nexstar. They just have the DC reports, National Investigations (which isn’t often) and now Rossen Reports (which appear to be really short <1 minute). 3 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15949-retransmission-consent-squabbles/page/14/#findComment-238590 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Capitano 4 Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 (edited) Looks like KIRO-TV and the Apollo/COX lot are having fits with dish Network. They're running the dreaded crawl with the usual urge to viewers to call dish and whine (DON'T do that unless you call KIRO and whine at them first). Not a word about installing an off-air antenna. At least the Seahawks game is on another channel and I have backup from the Vancouver B.C. channels for Colbert. Edited January 10, 2020 by Joe Capitano Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15949-retransmission-consent-squabbles/page/14/#findComment-238594 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphtato 43 Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 The latest on Apollo vs. Dish: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/apollo-cuts-dish-customer-access-to-local-stations-in-10-markets-court-bars-apollo-from-additional-threatened-blackouts-300989294.html Note that this only affects the recently acquired Northwest Broadcasting stations. A temporary restraining order has been granted barring the removal of the legacy Cox stations. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15949-retransmission-consent-squabbles/page/14/#findComment-239073 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCB4TV 347 Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 1 hour ago, Morphtato said: The latest on Apollo vs. Dish: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/apollo-cuts-dish-customer-access-to-local-stations-in-10-markets-court-bars-apollo-from-additional-threatened-blackouts-300989294.html Note that this only affects the recently acquired Northwest Broadcasting stations. A temporary restraining order has been granted barring the removal of the legacy Cox stations. I know that DISH has a new agreement with the legacy COX stations from March 2019, thus I'm leading to believe that the issue with the NWB stations either merging them into the COX agreement or making a new agreement with all the Apollo stations. I also wonder whether the prolonged NWB/AT&T dispute in 2019 resulted in a agreement that included all the Apollo stations. 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15949-retransmission-consent-squabbles/page/14/#findComment-239075 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphtato 43 Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 WISH/WNDY have been pulled from DirecTV/AT&T U-Verse after a dispute with Circle City Broadcasting. This means no satellite subscribers have access to these two stations due to their existing dispute with Dish. https://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/indianapolis/2020/01/31/att-u-verse-directv-customers-could-lose-wish-tv-myindy-23-midnight/4624974002/ Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15949-retransmission-consent-squabbles/page/14/#findComment-239946 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCB4TV 347 Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 On 2/1/2020 at 12:02 PM, Morphtato said: WISH/WNDY have been pulled from DirecTV/AT&T U-Verse after a dispute with Circle City Broadcasting. This means no satellite subscribers have access to these two stations due to their existing dispute with Dish. https://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/indianapolis/2020/01/31/att-u-verse-directv-customers-could-lose-wish-tv-myindy-23-midnight/4624974002/ Weren't WISH/WNDY off AT&T last summer in the Nexstar dispute? What's Circle City trying to prove here? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15949-retransmission-consent-squabbles/page/14/#findComment-240019 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yankees4life 558 Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 (edited) On 2/2/2020 at 2:40 PM, JCB4TV said: Weren't WISH/WNDY off AT&T last summer in the Nexstar dispute? What's Circle City trying to prove here? The owner is getting a bit greedy after that payday from Byron Allen... Edited February 5, 2020 by Yankees4life Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15949-retransmission-consent-squabbles/page/14/#findComment-240249 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megatron81 258 Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 I saw on Wish TV website that Wish TV/WNDY has gone dark on Dish didn't say AT&T/Direct TV maybe they got a deal done I don't know. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15949-retransmission-consent-squabbles/page/14/#findComment-240539 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphtato 43 Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 Dish announces temporary agreement with the Nexstar sidecars. https://www.ozarksfirst.com/local-news/dish-announces-short-term-agreement-with-broadcast-groups/ Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15949-retransmission-consent-squabbles/page/14/#findComment-242445 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronQ 281 Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 YouTubeTV took off WMYT from their lineup today. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15949-retransmission-consent-squabbles/page/14/#findComment-243075 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRyan 560 Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 39 minutes ago, AaronQ said: YouTubeTV took off WMYT from their lineup today. Does YouTubeTV still carry WJZY? I find it odd that they would dump WMYT...but not WJZY. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15949-retransmission-consent-squabbles/page/14/#findComment-243078 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronQ 281 Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 (edited) 50 minutes ago, TheRyan said: Does YouTubeTV still carry WJZY? I find it odd that they would dump WMYT...but not WJZY. WJZY is still on YouTubeTV. Edited March 27, 2020 by AaronQ 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15949-retransmission-consent-squabbles/page/14/#findComment-243085 Share on other sites More sharing options...
elfuego35 90 Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, TheRyan said: Does YouTubeTV still carry WJZY? I find it odd that they would dump WMYT...but not WJZY. I wonder if it's an effect of the sell of the duopoly to Nexstar? Looking up zip codes in Nexstar Markets, and it seems their agreement with YouTube TV only include their Big 4 affiliates, and not their CW/MyTV affiliates, regardless of duopoly status. Edited March 27, 2020 by elfuego35 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15949-retransmission-consent-squabbles/page/14/#findComment-243088 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 2409 Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 49 minutes ago, elfuego35 said: I wonder if it's an effect of the sell of the duopoly to Nexstar? Looking up zip codes in Nexstar Markets, and it seems their agreement with YouTube TV only include their Big 4 affiliates, and not their CW/MyTV affiliates, regardless of duopoly status. Unless, if you look at Charlotte for example, it carries local news (I know, its CW is owned by Bahakel). So YouTube TV is carrying WCCB Charlotte and if that's the case, then it should also carry KPLR St. Louis, KTLA Los Angeles, KWGN Denver, WNLO Buffalo and WTVW Evansville because they all carry a significant amount of local news (especially KTLA). Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15949-retransmission-consent-squabbles/page/14/#findComment-243090 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathannah 2428 Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 On 3/15/2020 at 9:49 PM, Morphtato said: Dish announces temporary agreement with the Nexstar sidecars. https://www.ozarksfirst.com/local-news/dish-announces-short-term-agreement-with-broadcast-groups/ Should mention too that they also agreed to cease-fire with Cox involving the ex-Northwest stations. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15949-retransmission-consent-squabbles/page/14/#findComment-243096 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3948 Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 (edited) On 3/26/2020 at 10:07 PM, TheRolyPoly said: Unless, if you look at Charlotte for example, it carries local news (I know, its CW is owned by Bahakel). So YouTube TV is carrying WCCB Charlotte and if that's the case, then it should also carry KPLR St. Louis, KTLA Los Angeles, KWGN Denver, WNLO Buffalo and WTVW Evansville because they all carry a significant amount of local news (especially KTLA). It was dropped because Nexstar does not have an agreement with YTTV to carry their MyNetworkTV affiliates, while Fox did while they were both O&Os. Bahakel does with the CW, but Nexstar does not. On the other hand, virtually every market now has access to ABC affiliates since Stephen Marks allowed WBKP in Marquette and WBKB's subchannel in Alpena. Every other market, including Cheyenne & Casper, WY (despite the presence of KTWO) and all the others that lack an ABC station of their own now have a special ABC network feed as part of their service. The only other major holes are in Zanesville, OH (with no CBS or FOX feeds) and Glendive, (lacking a FOX feed). NBC fills in the holes in Alpena and Mankato with WMAQ, and Presque Isle gets WBTS. Edited March 29, 2020 by tyrannical bastard Typo Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15949-retransmission-consent-squabbles/page/14/#findComment-243216 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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