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First TV networks took away affiliate compensation. Now they’re going after a percentage of a TV station’s retransmission dollars. Some groups, such as Gray Television, are just saying no.
Bob Prather, president and chief operating officer took the opportunity during the company’s third-quarter conference call Monday (Nov. 9) to call for TV groups to present a “united front” to TV networks angling for piece of the retransmission action.
“As an industry we need to really work hard on trying to make sure that the networks don’t use the old divide-and-conquer [method]; the affiliates need to use their affiliate boards,” said Prather, who noted that Gray’s affiliation agreements with the networks were a few years off.
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