The companies said they had agreed to allow DirecTV to restore the signals of Nexstar TV stations, including KTLA-TV Channel 5, to millions of DirecTV customers hours before NFL games were played.
Making progress in distribution talks, television giants DirecTV and Nexstar Media Group have agreed to restore Nexstar’s broadcast station signals to DirecTV customer homes — ending a bitter blackout that lasted 76 days.
The nationwide blackout of 159 Nexstar-owned stations — which includes ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC and CW network affiliates — hit DirecTV products, including the satellite TV service, U-verse and DirecTV Stream. Nexstar’s KTLA-TV Channel 5 also was swept up in the blackout for DirecTV and U-verse customers that began July 2.
The two companies announced the truce early Sunday as they faced the prospect of fuming football fans anticipating the second weekend of the NFL season. Thousands of football viewers in Indianapolis were anxious about missing their Colts play the Houston Texans on Fox. In Fresno and Buffalo, N.Y., some viewers would have lacked access to CBS’ coverage of the Buffalo Bills and Las Vegas Raiders game. And some fans in Sacramento, San Diego and Honolulu would have missed seeing the Rams take on the San Francisco 49ers in Los Angeles on Fox affiliates.
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