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Broadcasters, Aereo to Face Off Next Week Over Copyrights Stakes are high for preserving broadcast business model

Broadcasters will face off with pay TV upstart Aereo next week over claims that Aereo is retransmitting TV signals without permission in violation of the U.S. Copyright Act. The U.S. District…

May 23 2012

Play Ball: Tribune, DirecTV Sign New Carriage Deal Pact restores games access to more than 5 million viewers

Just in time for baseball season, Tribune Broadcasting and DirecTV signed a new carriage agreement covering Tribune's 23 TV stations in 19 markets and the national cable network WGN America. The…

April 05 2012

Retrans Rumble: Broadcasters Slam Time Warner Cable NAB takes TWC to task for retrans position

By all measures, Time Warner Cable had a terrific quarter and that was just the opening the National Association of Broadcasters needed to come out swinging against the cable operator…

January 27 2012

Lawmakers Fret Over Potential Super Bowl Blackout in Boston DirecTV, Sunbeam urged to put aside differences for big game

The potential blackout of the Super Bowl on DirecTV in Boston has got lawmakers fretting and dashing off letters. Both U.S. senators from Massachusetts, Scott Brown (R) and John Kerry…

January 24 2012

DirecTV, Fox Reach Carriage Deal Last-minute agreement prevents blackout

After the usual huffing and puffing in public, DirecTV and Fox Networks finally reached a carriage agreement about six hours before channels such as FX, Nat Geo, and 13 regional…

October 31 2011

Fox, DirecTV Butting Heads in New Retrans Spat Fight could put added pressure on FCC to reform process

Let the latest retransmission battle begin. Fox Networks and DirecTV have gotten off to a rocky start in their negotiations over carriage for Fox's 26 cable networks including FX, Fox…

October 21 2011

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