With multiple carriage battles leaving broadcast TV signals dark for millions of pay-TV customers, Gordon Smith, the ex-Senator who heads the National Association of Broadcasters, is pinning blame …
late last Friday, leaving CBS-owned stations dark in 14 markets. Stations owned by Nexstar in more than 100 markets have also been dark on AT&T platforms since early July. Dish Network, meanwhile, has been in a standoff with Meredith, which owns 17 local TV stations, and has a set of contracts expiring with Disney, including one that could jeopardize Fox’s broadcast signal.
Smith said AT&T and Dish are responsible for more than four out of five retransmission consent disruptions industry-wide over the past eight years. “AT&T is the same company that is currently making decisions to withhold its content from viewers on competing platforms in the immediate aftermath of a merger where they committed just the opposite to regulators,” he said. “
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