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Leading independent television operators like the E. W. Scripps Company and Sinclair are participating in the effort.
TEGNA ($TGNA) is a local broadcast company that operates more than five dozen local television stations in 66 markets across the country. The company is based in Arlington County, Virginia.
Until 2015, TEGNA was part of Gannett Company.
Leading independent television operators like the E. W. Scripps Company and Sinclair are participating in the effort.
The news divisions of the four major broadcast networks and CNN are encouraging both sides to participate this year.
The agreement also includes HC2 Broadcasting, which operates numerous low-power stations across the country.
Despite last year’s DirecTV dispute resulting in lower retransmission fees, TEGNA says it will continue to demand more money from cable and satellite TV platforms for its channels.
A weeks-long dispute with satellite company DirecTV caused TEGNA to lose out on critical subscription revenue in 2023, the company affirmed on Thursday.
Sinclair has signed an agreement with peer broadcaster TEGNA to distribute its digital network The Nest in more cities across the country.
Nearly five dozen local broadcast television stations owned by TEGNA have returned to DirecTV on Saturday.
TEGNA and NBC have reached a new affiliation agreement that will keep NBC shows and sports on 20 TEGNA-owned TV stations.
The transmission, characterized as a test, came several weeks after a DirecTV executive said the company was open to replacing dropped local network affiliates with comparable national feeds.
After a two-year attempt, TEGNA is throwing in the towel on its Twist digital network.