Retransmission Consent squabbles

[Megatron81 289]

I don't see the GOP controlled FCC will go through that Nexstar has to sell WPIX or they buy it outright maybe since the rules will be relaxed maybe Nexstar will own WPIX outright. Yup, The CW app is free. Altice is different name but can't get rid of the Cablevision smell out of it LOL.

 

I feel that Nexstar & Altice will come to an agreement in the next few months in my opinion than they will with MSG RSN. 

[NowBergen 717]

24 minutes ago, Megatron81 said:

I don't see the GOP controlled FCC will go through that Nexstar has to sell WPIX or they buy it outright maybe since the rules will be relaxed maybe Nexstar will own WPIX outright. 

That's a big if.  It didn't happen under the last GOP controlled Pai FCC. Who knows how long it will take to add a GOP member, right now it will be 2-2.  

[NowBergen 717]

Evidently Altice USA and Nexstar have come to an agreement.  Both Mission owned WPIX and Nexstar's  NewsNation are back on Optimum systems.  No notification from Optimum to their customers of course.  

[tyrannical bastard 4084]

Paramount may yank all of their channels (including ALL CBS O&O AND affiliates) from YouTube TV tomorrow if they don't reach an agreement...

 

https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/youtube-tv-dispute-paramount-cbs-comedy-central-mtv-1236306040/

 

UPDATE:

If a deal is not reached, the channels are set to go dark tonight at 11pm ET.  And if there is an extended outage, YTTV customers can get an $8 bill credit...

Edited February 13 by tyrannical bastard
updated info

[tyrannical bastard 4084]

A "short-term deal extension" was granted for continued negotiations between Paramount and YouTubeTV.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2025/02/14/youtube-tv-paramount-cbs-deal/78594063007/

Edited February 14 by tyrannical bastard

[Yankees4life 566]

On 2/14/2025 at 3:17 PM, tyrannical bastard said:

A "short-term deal extension" was granted for continued negotiations between Paramount and YouTubeTV.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2025/02/14/youtube-tv-paramount-cbs-deal/78594063007/

CBS clearly asking Google to bail them out of their debts and Google is telling them to take a hike. Probably the first time in a while I'll side with Google here

[tyrannical bastard 4084]

Google has always been a good "cable" operator.  They told Diamond to take a hike with their RSNs and have had relatively few disruptions.  The only notable one I can recall was the Disney one in 2021 that took down their channels for a day or two.

[nathannah 2538]

1 hour ago, Yankees4life said:

CBS clearly asking Google to bail them out of their debts and Google is telling them to take a hike. Probably the first time in a while I'll side with Google here

Outside CBS, you just need Paramount+ because of all the repeats on their channels, and if there's a customer that'll walk because you lost MTV2 and Spongebobnet....I mean Nicktoons, they're beyond help.

Edited February 15 by nathannah

[MD TV 287]

2 hours ago, tyrannical bastard said:

Google has always been a good "cable" operator.  They told Diamond to take a hike with their RSNs and have had relatively few disruptions.  The only notable one I can recall was the Disney one in 2021 that took down their channels for a day or two.

They did yank MLB Network a couple of years ago, but they're now available separately.

[tyrannical bastard 4084]

4 hours ago, MD TV said:

They did yank MLB Network a couple of years ago, but they're now available separately.

Not missed by me, like the RSNs.  Let the sports fans pay for their own games.

[AmericanErrorist 162]

Paramount and Google have reached a new carriage deal:

 

https://deadline.com/2025/02/paramount-youtube-tv-carriage-deal-cbs-1236288766/

[MD TV 287]

The dispute between MSG and Optimum is over:

 

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/optimum-and-msg-networks-agree-on-carriage-deal-302382817.html

[nathannah 2538]

On 9/11/2023 at 11:51 AM, nathannah said:

Official Disney PR.

 

They'll no longer carry a number of networks whose content was already on D+ and Hulu anyways, so put Freeform, FXX/FXM, Disney Junior/XD and Nat Geo Wild on deathwatch as far as other providers. In return, Spectrum customers will eventually get D+ and ESPN+ included in their subs and the ability to have an ESPN-free cable package.

And now two years later a new deal has been reached; all those networks are actually coming back to Spectrum, along with Hulu with ads access. 

 

I think we can easily see that Spectrum held out and Disney realized that fewer children watching their channels did make a difference in depressing their other properties, like Elio's box office performance last week; kids are not watching interviews with the adult voice actors on Good Morning America and certainly not The View (the only real prominent promotion I saw for the film).