CBS stations blacked out for DirecTV customers in 15 cities
Millions of DirecTV subscribers lost access to CBS programming late Friday after talks over a new distribution deal collapsed.
“The problem is that broadcasters, like CBS, demand more money for shows that their viewers — our subscribers — are watching less,” AT&T said Friday in a letter sent to members of Congress, warning of a possible blackout. “Our customers are fed up with these tactics. They are tired of the endless cycle of price increases and blackouts.”
The outage means that AT&T subscribers in major markets no longer have easy access to “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” “CBS Sunday Morning” and “60 Minutes.” In various regions of the country, all three of AT&T’s television offerings — satellite service DirecTV, fiber-based U-Verse and the streaming platform, DirecTV Now — are now without CBS programming.
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