A DirecTV satellite installation van. (Photo by Mike Mozart via Wikimedia Commons)
Around a dozen local television stations owned by Cox Media Group were restored to satellite and streaming platform DirecTV with hours to go before the Super Bowl.
In a joint press release issued on Sunday, the companies said a new multi-year agreement was reached that allowed DirecTV to carry Cox Media-owned broadcast channels on its satellite, DirecTV via Internet, DirecTV Stream and U-Verse platforms.
The channels disappeared from DirecTV on February 2 following the expiration of a prior carriage agreement between the two sides. As is typical in disputes like these, the central issue was how much money Cox Media asked of DirecTV in exchange for the right to carry their channels on DirecTV’s pay television platforms.
During the dispute, both Cox Media and DirecTV were particular chirpy about the root cause of the programming dispute. Pay...
Around a dozen local television stations owned by Cox Media Group were restored to satellite and streaming platform DirecTV with hours to go before the Super Bowl.
In a joint press release issued on Sunday, the companies said a new multi-year agreement was reached that allowed DirecTV to carry Cox Media-owned broadcast channels on its satellite, DirecTV via Internet, DirecTV Stream and U-Verse platforms.
The channels disappeared from DirecTV on February 2 following the expiration of a prior carriage agreement between the two sides. As is typical in disputes like these, the central issue was how much money Cox Media asked of DirecTV in exchange for the right to carry their channels on DirecTV’s pay television platforms.
During the dispute, both Cox Media and DirecTV were particular chirpy about the root cause of the programming dispute. Pay...
- 2/13/2024
- by Matthew Keys
- The Desk
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