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DirecTV has reached a carriage deal with conservative news outlet Newsmax, ending two months of media industry acrimony that spilled into Washington. Under the new multi-year deal, Newsmax will return Thursday to DirecTV satellite systems, DirecTV Stream internet bundles and U-verse cable. With about…

UPDATED, with Newsmax comment: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said that Congress should investigate AT&T and DirecTV for their decision to drop Newsmax and, last year, One America News Network. “I think there should be no ideological litmus test when you have these big companies that have the decision to…

DirecTV said that it was adding the conservative channel The First to its lineup, after it dropped Newsmax from its lineup in a dispute that stirred the ire of Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill. The First, which features personalities including Bill O’Reilly and Dana Loesch, will be available on…

Conservative network Newsmax has gone dark on DirecTV, and Republican lawmakers are accusing the privately held distributor of “an assault on free speech.” DirecTV, which is owned by AT&T and private equity firm TPG, blamed the disruption in carriage on “significant fees” being requested by the news…

DirecTV is laying off hundreds of workers, most of them managers, in a staff reduction spurred by cord-cutting. Most of the layoffs will affect managers at the company, a classification for a bit less than half of the company’s workforce, according to a person familiar with the move. About 10% of all…

Fox Corp. and DirecTV agreed to a multi-year carriage renewal, agreeing to extend talks for several hours beyond the prior deal’s expiration in order to avoid a blackout of several networks and local stations. The new agreement covers FS1, FS2, Big Ten Network, Fox Deportes, Fox Soccer Plus, as well…

A few days before the expiration of a carriage deal with DirecTV, Fox Corp. is warning viewers of its networks about a potential blackout as the companies continue to negotiate. Fox today began airing a crawl across the bottom of the screen on networks including FS1, the Big Ten Network and Fox News…

DirecTV has formally apologized for a second straight week of glitches that wiped out its popular, decades-old Sunday Ticket offering. NFL fans and customers lit up Twitter on Sunday with their outrage when it became clear that the TV operator was experiencing a second straight week of technical difficulties. From end…

Amazon and DirecTV have come up with an answer to the question many NFL fans have had since the tech giant locked up exclusive rights to NFL Thursday Night Football: Will the game be on at the corner bar? The companies have struck a multi-year deal to put Amazon’s TNF broadcasts in more than 300,000 sports bars…

AT&T on Thursday reported solid results for its final quarter of full ownership of WarnerMedia, but its stock plunged after the company lowered its outlook for full-year free cash flow. Excluding items, AT&T posted earnings per share of 65 cents in the quarter ending June 30, beating Wall Street analysts’ consensus…

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell confirmed longtime speculation that the league’s Sunday Ticket rights will be going to a streaming service after nearly 30 years on DirecTV. "I clearly believe we will be moving to a streaming service," the commissioner told CNBC. (Watch the full interview above.) He was speaking from…

According to John Oliver on Last Week Tonight, One American News (OAN) has a legal bone to pick with him. Back in January 2022, DirecTV planned to drop One America News Network (OAN), the right-wing channel known for its pro-Donald Trump coverage and commentary which was picked up by DirecTV in 2017. Losing…