NEW YORK—A federal court has dismissed a DirecTV lawsuit against Nexstar Media Group Inc., Mission Broadcasting, Inc., and White Knight Broadcasting, Inc. alleging antitrust violations as part of retransmission consent negotiations.
The lawsuit in Federal Court for the Southern District of New York stems from a long-running retransmission dispute involving Mission and White Knight that blacked out their stations on DirecTV beginning in October of 2022. Nexstar is named as a defendant because Mission and White Knight have a management agreement with Nexstar for Nexstar to handle sales, news and certain other functions at the stations.
