Late last week, it was feared that the nation’s biggest owner of broadcast television stations would fail to reach a new retransmission consent agreement with a regional MVPD with a formidable presence across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions.
In fact, the tussle between the two entities prompted the ATVA, a pro-cable TV industry lobby, to assail Nexstar Media Group for being “about to black out” its channels on Verizon FiOS cable services. Nexstar responded, offering RBR+TVBR its thoughts on the matter.
Lo and behold, as the clock struck Midnight on Saturday, a new deal could not be reached. That led Nexstar to come out swinging.
