As RBR+TVBR first reported on Monday, Sinclair Inc. has agreed to acquire a LMA partner that serves as the ATSC 3.0 lighthouse for the Omaha-Council Bluffs market outright, creating a duopoly in the market touching the western portion of Iowa.
To the east, Sinclair has engineered a similar LMA-to-purchase deal, creating a duopoly in a second Hawkeye State DMA.