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YouTube's 'NFL Sunday Ticket' ... And the Desperate Drive to Convert Around 6 Million Subscribers

Breaking even on the $2 billion rights package will be one long third-down conversion, so YouTube comes out of the tunnel with some aggressive promotional play calling

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DirecTV Loses Estimated 400,000 Subs in Q2 ... With Monster Nexstar Blackout Lingering and the Start of the NFL Season Looming

The business end of the biggest station blackout in pay TV history is at hand

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SportsGrid Scores Pay TV Distribution on DirecTV Stream

Channel broadens audience to more traditional sports fans

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Did the Other Skate Just Drop? NHL Tells Bankruptcy Court It Might Want to Ice Its Bally Sports Deals

After the judge gave Diamond Sports Group another 80 days to come up with a restructuring plan, hockey told the court it might seek 'injunctive relief' if the whole mess can't be sorted out soon

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Why Dish Has Plenty Of 'Wood To Chop' After EchoStar Merger

Dish Network's merger with EchoStar delivered a one-day boost to beaten-up DISH stock. Now investors are wondering what's next.

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The CW Sees Flat Volume, Higher Prices in First Upfront Under Nexstar

Broadcaster’s negotiators are meeting with DirecTV as football season nears kickoff

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Bally Sports Bankruptcy: Summer MLB Drama Gives Way to Fall Pay TV Carriage Wars

Diamond Sports Group must renew distribution agreements covering nearly half of U.S. pay TV homes

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Chiefs legends Jamaal Charles, Eric Berry teased as Hall of Fame candidates

#Chiefs legends Jamaal Charles and Eric Berry were teased as Hall of Fame candidates by Adam Schefter over the weekend.

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DIRECTV Executive reveals details behind Chiefs TE Travis Kelce and DT Chris Jones’ commercial

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Chiefs TE Travis Kelce stars as DIRECTV’s “Overly Direct Sportsperson”

Chiefs TE Travis Kelce stars as DIRECTV’s “Overly Direct Sportsperson” in hilarious commercials with a cameo from DT Chris Jones. | from: @EdEastonJr

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Chiefs Tight End Travis Kelce Becomes DirecTV's Latest 'Overly Direct Spokesperson'

The Super Bowl-winning All Pro will follow Brian Cox in shaming those who have subpar sports-viewing acumen in TV commercials

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NFL Sunday Ticket deals: all the best offers

Want to watch every game this season? These NFL Sunday Ticket deals will allow you to do that at an affordable price, including free in some cases.

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Nexstar Ends Hawaiian Telcom Blackout, But Operator Is Still Complaining to the FCC About the Broadcaster’s ‘Negotiating Tactics’

Nexstar, of course, still has a massive station blackout on DirecTV to deal with

Broadcasting & Cable

DirecTV Accuses Nexstar of Expanding Blackout to Sinclair CW Stations

Nexstar has “dragged…new viewers of a competing broadcaster against their will” into the dispute “regardless of DirecTV’s agreements to serve these viewers,” DirecTV told the FCC

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MLB Sets Up New Diamondbacks Channel, Claims Reach Has Expanded by 4.7 Million Homes vs. Bally Sports Arizona

New channel launches Tuesday on Comcast, Charter, DirecTV, Cox, and Fubo, as well as MLB.TV streaming. It's unclear as to what's happening with Bally Sports Arizona

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DirecTV Accuses Nexstar of Further Expanding Mega-Blackout By Having Sinclair-Owned Stations Take Down CW Content From DirecTV Stream

Pay TV company said Nexstar, which owns CW, had content from the network removed from Sinclair-owned affiliate streaming feeds in 21 DMAs

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DirecTV Wins Summary Judgement in 2015 D.C. Retrans Fight as N.Y. Supreme Court Rules Nexstar Duped Satellite Company About NBC Affiliation

Court rules the station group breached its contract by not telling the satellite TV company it was paying Big Four dollars for what was about to become a CW station

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NBA's Phoenix Suns Clear to Make Move to Gray TV Broadcast Distribution After Bally Sports RSN Operator Diamond Drops Objection

Diamond's capitulation seems to point to MLB's Arizona Diamondbacks also departing and Bally Sports Arizona being shut down

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MLB and DirecTV Prepare for Bankrupt Diamond To Cut the Diamondbacks Loose From Bally Sports Arizona

Should the league set up a new channel for the team, DirecTV wants the bankruptcy court to relieve it from also having to pay for a bereft Bally Sports channel, too

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Charter DTC Offerings For Lakers and Dodgers Should Launch Ahead of 2023-24 NBA Season, Cost as Much as $30 a Month

The cable company, which buried the news about its new Spectrum SportsNet DTC plans in its big RSN announcement Monday, remains mum about the details

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FMC In 25 Million Homes After Launch on DirecTV Platforms

Channel available on satellite, DirecTV Stream, U-verse

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Weigel Broadcasting Expands MeTV Distribution with DirecTV Deal

The new deal will make MeTV available nationally to DirecTV and DirecTV Stream subs

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MLB All-Star Game live streams 2023: How to watch online tonight — Time, channel and more

With our guide to watching the 2023 MLB All-Star Game, you'll be able to follow the mid-season spectacular.

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DirecTV, Spectrum Networks Ink New Distribution Deal for Sports Networks

The deal provides for continued carriage of Spectrum SportsNet and Spectrum SportsNet LA across DirecTV, DirecTV Stream, and U-verse

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Better Late Than Never: Charter to Drive Down the Cost of Pay TV With Groundbreaking New Distribution Strategy for Regional Sports Networks

The nation’s No. 2 pay TV operator finally breaks with the longstanding tradition of forcing everyone to pay for local sports

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