As we were warned, nearly 160 Nexstar Media Group broadcast television network affiliate stations in 113 U.S. TV markets were pulled off of DirecTV pay TV platforms Sunday, with the operator and the station group unable to come to terms on a new broadcast retransmission agreement.
Actually, the blacked-out station count rises to over 200 once outlets owned by groups Mission Broadcasting and White Knight Broadcasting, but operated by Nexstar, are factored into the kerfuffle.
