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Category: Retransmission Consent
Scripps Stations Off DISH in Retrans Dispute
Scripps Broadcasting stations in 42 markets, including several in the Upper Midwest, are off DISH Network amid a retransmission consent dispute.
Update: Hearst Stations Return to DirecTV
Hearst Television stations have returned to DirecTV after a retransmission consent outage that lasted less than two days.
FOX 9 Returns to DISH Hours Before Vikings Game
FOX owned-and-operated station KMSP/9 (Minneapolis) has returned to DISH Network after a ten-day outage.
Nexstar Stations Back on DirecTV in Time for NFL
A week before the start of the NFL season, Nexstar and DirecTV have resolved a blackout that affected 97 markets nationally for nearly two months.
WCCO Returns to DirecTV
WCCO-TV/4 (Minneapolis) is back on DirecTV after a nearly three-week outage caused by a retransmission consent dispute between CBS and the satellite provider.
Nexstar Stations Off DirecTV
DirecTV customers in nine Upper Midwest markets lost access to one or more of their local network affiliates on Independence Day due to a retransmission consent dispute between the satellite provider and Nexstar Media Group.
Cedar Rapids FOX Affiliate Off DirecTV
A retransmission consent dispute has taken FOX 28 (KFXA Cedar Rapids) off DirecTV. KFXA is licensed to Second Generation of Iowa but operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group, which bought KFXA’s non-license assets…
Sioux Falls FOX Affiliate Returns to Mediacom after 2-Year Dispute
Less than a week after returning to DirecTV, Sioux Falls FOX affiliate KTTW/7 is also back on Mediacom after resolving a long-running retransmission consent dispute. TVNewsCheck reported that KTTW had been off Mediacom…
Mankato Station Returns to DirecTV
KEYC (Mankato) has returned to DirecTV after a retransmission consent dispute took KEYC’s CBS and FOX channels off the provider for nearly two weeks. The channels returned on the afternoon of Sunday,…