Imported Signals in Retrans Fight Raise Regulatory Questions

Time Warner-Hearst standoff escalates over out-of-market programming

The retransmission standoff between Hearst Television and Time Warner Cable is about to become a three-way fight over the out-of-market TV stations TWC is importing to replace some of the Hearst stations it was forced to black out. 

Instead of letting all of its subscribers go without network affiliate programming, TWC picked up the signals from three TV stations owned by Nexstar Broadcasting Group. As a result, half of TWC subscribers that might have been impacted by the impasse have access to network programming, albeit from a station outside the viewing market.

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