Optimum, Nexstar Media Group and NewsNation

Nexstar Local Stations Including New York’s WPIX, Cable’s NewsNation Go Dark On Optimum In Carriage Dispute
Two million subscribers of Optimum pay-TV systems are going without Nexstar Media Group local stations and cable network NewsNation due to a carriage dispute.
NewsNation, 63 Nexstar TV Stations Go Dark on Optimum Amid Carriage Dispute
The contract expired at 5 p.m. ET Friday The post NewsNation, 63 Nexstar TV Stations Go Dark on Optimum Amid Carriage Dispute appeared first on TheWrap.
Nexstar Stations Dropped from Altice USA’s Optimum Cable Systems
IRVING, Texas— Following failed negotiations for a new retransmission consent agreement, 63 local TV stations in 42 markets owned by Nexstar were blacked out on Altice USA’s Optimum branded cable systems around the country. The blackout began at 5 p.m. January 10 and also included Nexstar’s national cable news network, NewsNation
Nexstar Outlets Go Dark on Altice’s Optimum in Carriage Dispute
Altice, which counts key cable systems in New York as part of its Optimum service, is also in a carriage dispute with MSG Networks, led by James L. Dolan, whose family used to operate Cablevision, which Altice purchased in 2015 for $17.7 billion. Altice USA is based in Long Island, New York.
Outage affects 2 million viewers as Altice USA Drops 63 Nexstar Television Stations from Optimum Platform
Officials with Nexstar Media Groups announced that two millions viewers are now not able to view local news, severe weather alerts, entertainment programs and the NFL Playoffs, as Altice USA Drops
Altice USA Drops 63 Nexstar television stations from Optimum platform
ET, Altice USA (ATUS) removed from its Optimum cable systems the network and local programming provided by Nexstar
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Optimum customers lose access to Nexstar-owned channels
The impasse results in Altice USA dropping WPIX in New York, KTLA in Los Angeles and more than five dozen others. This ...
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Optimum Announces Update on Carriage Negotiations With Nexstar; Offers Customers Solutions to Keep Watching Their Local Broadcast Stations
Despite Optimum’s best efforts to reach a fair and reasonable agreement with Nexstar, the owners of multiple broadcast stations, their content has bee ...
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Some Major TV Channels Suddenly Removed From Cable Packages: Nexstar Dispute, Explained
Major TV channels are going dark from cable packages following a Nexstar dispute. Variety reports that Nexstar’s WPIX and ...
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Optimum, Nexstar Can’t Avoid Retrans Impasse
One week ago, the MVPD controlled by Altice USA dropped the MSG Network. At 5pm Eastern today, it blocked access to 63 ...
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Some TV channels on Optimum go dark in Westchester, HV, CT, elsewhere
Cable TV operator Optimum and TV station and cable network owner Nexstar were blaming each other for the blackout of ...
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MSG Networks may be dropped from Optimum
The dispute centers around fees that Optimum's parent company Altice USA must pay for the regional sports networks.