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Newsmax is returning to DirecTV after a dispute between the parties saw the conservative network removed from the satellite carrier. The duo were initially unable to agree to financial terms on an agreement, which led to DirecTV losing the rights to distribute Newsmax programming on Jan. 25. The companies said Wednesday that they've now reached a multiyear distribution deal that will see the Newsmax channel return to DirecTV, DirecTV Stream and U-verse starting on Thursday. Financial terms were not disclosed. “Newsmax recognizes and appreciates that DirecTV clearly supports diverse voices, including conservative ones,” Newsmax CEO Christopher Ruddy said in a statement that also credited DirecTV with helping “give Newsmax its start nearly a decade ago.”Copyright 2023 The Associated Press.

Newsmax is returning to DirecTV after a dispute between the parties saw the conservative network removed from the satellite carrier.

Satellite TV provider said it dropped Newsmax in dispute over carriage fees. GOP lawmakers are threatening hearings.

DirecTV notified employees it will cut 10% of its workers, many of whom are managers.

So far, the embattled company has been dropped by DirecTV, Frontier and Verizon.

Google and the NFL officially agreed to bring the popular service to YouTube starting next season, the league announced in an official statement Thursday. "Sunday Ticket" will be available on YouTube TV and on YouTube Primetime Channels. We're excited to continue our work with the NFL to make YouTube a great place for sports lovers everywhere." The service has become a critical part of the NFL season for fans across the country. It’s unclear how much the deal between YouTube and the NFL will be worth.

The NFL reached a deal with Google's YouTube TV for its Sunday Ticket subscription package.

DirecTV plans to reimburse customers who experienced an "NFL Sunday Ticket" outage on Sunday. Fans subscribe to "NFL Sunday Ticket" for access to out-of-market games with a basic package that starts at $293.96. A DirecTV spokesperson told Yahoo Sports on Monday that the provider will reach out to impacted customers to reimburse them for Week 2. Pro-rated for the 18-week NFL season, the refund on the basic package cited above should add up to roughly $16.33. "NFL Sunday Ticket" is likely in its last season with DirecTV after debuting on the satellite service in 1994.

DirecTV's “NFL Sunday Ticket” package malfunctioned for the second straight week, causing fans trying to watch through the app or online to miss entire games. DirecTV said via social media that customers trying to stream the 1 p.m. EDT games were unable to through the app. Shortly after 4 p.m. EDT, they said that the server problems were fixed and that streaming could resume. A DirecTV spokesman said the company will continue to monitor for server problems and apologized to customers for the inconvenience. This is the final season that DirecTV will be the exclusive carrier of “Sunday Ticket."

For the second straight week, DirecTV’s “NFL Sunday Ticket” package is experiencing problems for those trying to view games through the app or online.

DirecTV's “NFL Sunday Ticket” package malfunctioned for the second straight week, causing fans trying to watch through the app or online to miss entire games. DirecTV said via social media that customers trying to stream the 1 p.m. EDT games were unable to through the app. Shortly after 4 p.m. EDT, they said that the server problems were fixed and that streaming could resume.

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Amazon Prime holds the exclusive rights to "Thursday Night Football" games for the  next 11 seasons.

The future of One America News, which established itself as a powerful voice in conservative media by promoting some of the most outlandish falsehoods about the 2020 election, is in serious doubt as major carriers drop it from their lineups and defamation lawsuits threaten to drain its finances. By the end of this week, the cable network will have lost its presence in some 20 million homes this year. The most recent blow came from Verizon, which will stop carrying OAN on its Fios television serv

Conservative outlet owned by Herring Networks parts ways with the last major cable operator to run the channel.

The NFL must choose between offers for Sunday Ticket as streamers wait for a decision.

Cable news network RT America suddenly ceases operations, according to a memo received by CNBC.

Adrian Peterson arrested after incident on plane File photo: Adrian Peterson and his wife, Ashley Brown, attend Maxim Electric Nights presented by DIRECTV at City Market on February 12, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by David Livingston/Getty Images) (David Livingston/Getty Images)LOS ANGELES — NFL running back Adrian Peterson was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport after an incident that forced a plane to return to its gate. A representative for Peterson and his wife, Ashley, said the two had “a verbal argument” on the flight, ESPN reported. A source close to the couple told ESPN Peterson grabbed Ashley’s wedding ring and scratched her finger. He was placed on probation, paid a fine, and missed one game during the 2014 season, The Washington Post reported.

‘War Room’ is at the center of a fledgling network monetizing what some employees saw as ‘Trump propaganda.’

DirecTV says it plans to drop the right-wing TV channel One America News Network.

The satellite television provider said Saturday that it has informed OAN’s owner, Herring Networks. San Diego-based Herring Networks did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment. Major cable companies including Comcast and Charter do not carry OAN. Herring Networks had claimed AT&T reneged on an agreement to carry OAN on DirecTV, which it acquired in 2015. DirecTV does not provide a breakdown of its subscribers, but AT&T reported that as of the second quarter of 2021 it had a total of 15.4 million paid premium TV subscribers including DirecTV, AT&T U-verse wireline video and the online service AT&T TV.

The satellite television provider is the network's biggest distributor and has aired the right-wing news channel since April 2017.

The television company will continue to carry OANN programming through their existing agreement.

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AT&T CEO John Stankey said he's not satisfied with the AT&T brand and hopes to refresh it in the coming years.

Dish has selected AT&T as its new primary wireless partner, replacing T-Mobile, potentially increasing the likelihood of an eventual DirecTV merger.

AT&T CEO John Stankey assessed that his former boss' deals with DirecTV and Time Warner no longer helped AT&T shareholders.

Kena Betancur | AFP |Getty ImagesAT&T has entered into a deal with private equity firm TPG to spin off its DirecTV, AT&T TV and U-Verse business, according to an SEC filing on Thursday. Under the agreement, AT&T and TPG will form a new entity called DirecTV that will own and operate the company's DirecTV, AT&T TV and U-verse video services. The transaction implies an enterprise value for the new company of $16.25 billion, according to the company. AT&T acquired DirecTV for $48.5 billion ($67 billion with debt) in 2015 and hoped to pair the national pay-TV company with its wireless service to offer a discounted bundle to customers. The new company will be jointly governed by a board with two representatives from each of AT&T and TPG, as well as Morrow, the company said.

AT&T is nearing a deal to sell a substantial minority stake in its DirecTV, AT&T TV Now and U-Verse business to private equity firm TPG, according to people familiar with the matter. The deal will value the AT&T businesses around at $15 billion. AT&T acquired DirecTV in 2015 for $48.5 billion ($67 billion with debt). AT&T has moved away from traditional pay TV in the past several years as it has centered its media strategy around HBO Max. DirecTV, U-Verse and AT&T TV Now are based around a linear TV business of broadcast and cable networks that is losing millions of subscribers each year.

The WarnerMedia moves follow similar restructurings at large traditional media companies including Disney and NBCUniversal. Here's Kilar's full memo, obtained by CNBC:This is a very painful email to write. Our journey entails continuing to excel in our large, core businesses while at the same time investing in emerging businesses where we have the opportunity to meaningfully delight customers. Today, we have arrived at a number of difficult decisions that are resulting in a smaller WarnerMedia team. Rather, our future is about inventing ever better ways to move the world through story … which entails embracing change.

AT&T is in discussions with private-equity firms, including Apollo Management, to sell a significant minority stake in its DirecTV, AT&T Now and U-Verse pay-TV businesses in a complicated transaction that would shift legacy assets off the wireless carrier's balance sheet, according to people familiar with the matter. Under the terms of the proposed deal, AT&T would retain majority economic ownership of the businesses, and would maintain ownership of U-verse infrastructure, including plants and fiber. While valuations haven't been determined, a deal may value DirecTV at less than $15 billion including debt, two of the people said. AT&T acquired DirecTV in 2015 for $67 billion with debt. AT&T ended the third quarter with about 17 million legacy TV subscribers (DirecTV and U-verse combined), down more than 16% from a year earlier.

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court said Monday an antitrust challenge can go forward to the way the National Football League sells the rights to telecasts of pro football games. The league's 32 teams pool the rights to telecast their games, negotiating packages with the major networks as well as the DirecTV satellite service. A lower court ruled that the NFL's contract with DirecTV may limit competition in violation of federal law. Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote that in rejecting the NFL's appeal at this early stage of the lawsuit, the high court was not necessarily endorsing the claims. If the defendants do not prevail at summary judgment or at trial, they may raise those legal arguments again” in a new appeal to the Supreme Court, Kavanaugh wrote.

AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson announced his retirement Friday, effective July1, 2020. When Stephenson took over AT&T as CEO in May 2007, the company's stock price was $39.47. AT&T is also one of the world's most reliable dividend payers, and the company's dividend has consistently increased since 2007. AT&T misjudged the pace of how many satellite TV customers would ditch their traditional pay-TV service for so-called "over the top" internet video options. Stephenson and incoming CEO John Stankey have actually leaned into this in recent years, including rolling out AT&T TV this year, which purposefully eliminates satellite installation.

Arianespace launched 2 satellites for DirecTV on May 27, 2015, from Europe's main spaceport, the Guiana Space Center in South America. Launches from Europe's chief spaceport, the Guiana Space Center , have been suspended indefinitely, European officials announced today (March 16). Related: Coronavirus outbreak shakes space industry: Here's the effects so farThe GSC is located in French Guiana, a French overseas department on the northeastern coast of South America. The center is overseen by the French government and the European Space Agency (ESA), which provides two-thirds of the GSC's budget . The GSC will also serve as the jumping-off point for NASA's $9.7 billion James Webb Space Telescope, which is scheduled to launch next year.

A large broadcast satellite owned by AT&T's DirecTV, built by Boeing and operated by Intelsat suffered major damage to its batteries in December and is now at risk of exploding. DirecTV disclosed the issue in a special request to the Federal Communications Commission this week, asking for permission to remove its Spaceway-1 satellite from orbit. "Spaceway-1 suffered a major anomaly that resulted in significant and irreversible thermal damage to its batteries," DirecTV said in the filing. "There is a significant risk that these battery cells could burst." Launched in 2005, Spaceway-1 is a Boeing 702-model satellite, a build that is typically expected to last 12 years.

Getty ImagesIn 1996, Bill Gates said "content is king," and his words became a truism in the media and telecommunications industry. Viacom and CBS combined earlier this month, bringing together two of the largest content companies of 2010. The merger put a pin on a growing trend throughout the decade the age of the pure content company is dying. Their enormous scale and insular business models have boxed out many newer digital media companies throughout the decade. Comcast acquired NBCUniversal (CNBC's parent company) from General Electric, plus Dreamworks Animation and Sky, transforming the cable operator to a major international content company.

Isabel Albright's life may have ended, but her satellite TV contract did not. "They told us ... we're going to charge you $160 for an early termination fee,'' he said. You're going to tell us we have to keep the service at a house that's not ours?" After WABC-TV reached out to DirecTV about the story, the company said it would waive the termination fee and told the news station: "We have apologized to the family and resolved this." RELATED STORIESTeens Watching TV Are Rudely Interrupted by Hungry BearAward-Winning TV Anchor Dies in Plane Crash While Covering Story on PilotWho Is the Person Leaving Box TVs on Strangers' Doorsteps?

Andrew Burton/Getty Images(CNN) - AT&T is considering selling DirecTV, according to the Wall Street Journal. AT&T, which owns CNN's parent company WarnerMedia, is looking into "various options" for DirecTV including a spinoff of the unit, the paper reported. The telecommunications giant is also exploring the option of combining DirecTV's assets with rival Dish Network, according to the Journal, citing sources. AT&T purchased DirecTV for $49 billion, or $67.1 billion including debt, in 2015. The Journal also reported that AT&T may "ultimately decide to keep DirecTV in the fold."

Mario Tama/Getty ImagesORLANDO, Fla. - Viewers will now be unable to watch WKMG content after DirecTV and CBS were unable to negotiate a renewal of the DirecTV/CBS distribution agreement. As a result, DirecTV will no longer distribute CBS Owned and Operated or Affiliate stations via DirecTV Now or on an authenticated basis. Customers of the DirecTV Now service lost access to WKMGs programs Saturday. We encourage you to tell DirecTV Now that you dont want to lose CBS by calling 1-855-5-KEEP-CBS. CBS (@CBS) July 21, 2019Copyright 2019 by WKMG ClickOrlando - All rights reserved.

Mario Tama/Getty ImagesORLANDO, Fla. - Viewers will now be unable to watch WKMG content after DirecTV and CBS were unable to negotiate a renewal of the DirecTV/CBS distribution agreement. As a result, DirecTV will no longer distribute CBS Owned and Operated or Affiliate stations via DirecTV Now or on an authenticated basis. Customers of the DirecTV Now service lost access to WKMGs programs Saturday. We encourage you to tell DirecTV Now that you dont want to lose CBS by calling 1-855-5-KEEP-CBS. CBS (@CBS) July 21, 2019Copyright 2019 by WKMG ClickOrlando - All rights reserved.

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The telecom giant is hitting speed dial after its big merger with DirecTV, releasing an unprecedented new plan to combine wireless phone service with TV and other options in one cheaper package. CBS News financial contributor Mellody Hobson joins “CBS This Morning” from Chicago to discuss the company’s decision to go beyond standard bundling promotions.

The Better Business Bureau has asked DIRECTV to pull its ads featuring actor Rob Lowe over claims about the quality of the company's satellite television.

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