Number of 2018 Blackouts Could Still Grow, American TV Alliance Says
As of Friday, there had been 137 separate programming blackouts in 2018, compared with 213 in 2017, the American TV Alliance said. It said more involving ABC affiliates on Verizon Fios, Nexstar-owned local stations on TDS and Tribune Broadcasting stations…
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and Tribune's WGN America network on Charter Communications could happen Monday. It claimed broadcasters "are notorious" for using live sports and other must-see TV programming at year's end as leverage. Over-the-air broadcasters "are committed to negotiating fairly with pay-TV providers for retransmitting the most-watched programming on television [and] it's unfortunate when pay-TV providers decide to use consumers as pawns during these negotiations rather than work towards a mutually beneficial agreement,” NAB emailed. "99% of retransmission deals are reached with no disruption in service to consumers.”