DirecTV, Nexstar Call Each Other's Blackout Claims Baseless
Nearly two months into the blackout of 159 Nexstar stations on DirecTV's direct broadcast satellite and streaming lineup (see 2307030032), the two continue to blame one another as the cause. In a filing this week, DirecTV called Nexstar's arguments about…
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nearly identical news releases issued by Nexstar sidecars Mission and White Knight "fairly implausible." It also cast doubt on Nexstar claims the sidecars' retransmission consent information couldn't get to anyone at Nexstar involved in retrans negotiations. Nextar emailed us Thursday that DirecTV is continuing "its campaign to thwart fair marketplace negotiations and instead use the impasse it created to pursue its broader regulatory agenda [of] undermine[ing] local broadcasters like Nexstar." It said DirecTV's arguments "are baseless and self-serving, and its abusive filings should be ignored."