Altice’s Optimum Complains to FCC Over Nexstar Retrans Negotiations
NEW YORK —Altice USA has sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission complaining about Nexstar’s handling of retransmission consent negotiations, which recently led to a blackout of 63 Nexstar stations in 42 of the cable operator’s Optimum markets.
Nexstar Outlets Go Dark on Altice’s Optimum in Carriage Dispute
Altice, which counts key cable systems in New York as part of its Optimum service, is also in a carriage dispute with MSG Networks, led by James L. Dolan, whose family used to operate Cablevision, which Altice purchased in 2015 for $17.7 billion. Altice USA is based in Long Island, New York.
Altice USA Drops 63 Nexstar television stations from Optimum platform
ET, Altice USA (ATUS) removed from its Optimum cable systems the network and local programming provided by Nexstar
WPIX/11 dropped from Optimum systems in new carriage dispute
WPIX/11 went dark in Optimum cable homes late Friday, when its parent company Altice pulled the station's signal from New York-area cable systems. Dozens of other stations owned by Ch. 11 parent Nexstar were also dropped by Altice,
Nexstar Local Stations Including New York’s WPIX, Cable’s NewsNation Go Dark On Optimum In Carriage Dispute
Two million subscribers of Optimum pay-TV systems are going without Nexstar Media Group local stations and cable network NewsNation due to a carriage dispute.
PIX11, NewsNation among channels dropped by Optimum in contract dispute
Altice USA has dropped over 60 channels across the country owned by Nexstar Media Group, including PIX11 and NewsNation.
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Nexstar Local Stations, Including New York's WPIX, And Cable's NewsNation Go Dark On Optimum In Carriage Dispute
Two million subscribers of Optimum pay-TV systems are going without 63 Nexstar Media Group local stations and cable network ...
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Optimum customers lose access to Nexstar-owned channels
The impasse results in Altice USA dropping WPIX in New York, KTLA in Los Angeles and more than five dozen others. This ...