DIRECTV & Fox Sign Multi-Year Deal; No Blackout Of Channels
Fox and DIRECTV have announced they have signed a multi-year agreement that will enable the satcaster to continue carrying Fox-owned local affiliates in 18 markets as well as FS1, FS2, Big Ten Network, Fox Deportes, and Fox Soccer Plus.
“Fox Corporation and DIRECTV today announced a multi-year renewal of FS1, FS2, Big Ten Network, Fox Deportes, Fox Soccer Plus, and retransmission consent for each of the Fox Television Stations across DIRECTV, DIRECTV STREAM, and U-verse,” Fox says at the web site, KeepFox.com, which was established to spotlight the carriage dispute.
The two sides had engaged in a public war of words since last Sunday when Fox began posting viewer alerts that DIRECTV, DIRECTV Stream and U-verse could lose the Fox-owned local affiliates in 18 markets as well as FS1, FS2, Big Ten Network, Fox Deportes, and Fox Soccer Plus. The network said the deadline for a new deal was Friday, December 2 at midnight.
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However, after the midnight deadline, the channels remained on DIRECTV and the TV Answer Man learned that the two sides had agreed to a short-term extension.
With the new deal, DIRECTV subscribers in the 18 Fox-owned markets can be assured of watching Fox’s continued coverage of the NFL, college football championship season, and the 2022 FIFA World Cup. However, the agreement does not include 12 Mission-owned Fox stations (and 13 other network affiliates) which were removed from DIRECTV on October 21 due to a separate carriage dispute.
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I live in Texas 75704 and we still do not get fox on Direct tv . When ?
Feel Mission Broadcasting and White Knight Broadcasting been using Duane Lammers Max Retrans as the reason why DIRECTV is not able to carry the Mission and White Knight TV stations. If Mission and White Knight has no intention of letting allowing DIRECTV to carry the Mission and White Knight TV stations ever again, recommend Mission and White Knight be better offing selling the TV stations right now if Mission and White Knight has no intention of letting allowing DIRECTV to carry the Mission and White Knight TV stations ever again because Mission Broadcasting and White Knight Broadcasting would rather keep continuing on using Duane Lammers Max Retrans to assist Mission and White Knight for their retransmission consent negotiating needs. Mission Broadcasting and White Knight Broadcasting be better selling all of the TV stations right now to someone else that who would be willing to permanently fire cut ties and or never ever agreed to use Duane Lammers Max Retrans, ATV Broadcast, and or Symphony Media Audit International to assist broadcasters and broadcasting group for their retransmission consent negotiating needs.
I am in the Mohawk Valley in New Yoprk, we get fox out of Albany but we don’t have it still. What gives?
Mission, Netstar and Direct TV all greedy bastards. None of them care about their subscribers.
I am sick of paying DirecTV for channels I no longer can access. How are we going to be compensated???
I agree! We’ve been without all ABC channels for several months now. It’s a blame game with Direct TV and Mission Broadcasting. All I know is Direct was ‘generous” enough to give us a one time only discount of $10 off 1 bill. They should let customers out of their contract without the crazy high penalty. I was always told we get what we pay for. Not with Direct we don’t. We get whatever they want us to get and still have to pay. My opinion… they are all greedy bastards!