NEWSMAX: El Segundo, Calif. And Boca Raton, Fla.—DIRECTV and Newsmax Media, Inc. announced today that they reached a business agreement for a multi-year distribution deal that will return the Newsmax channel to DIRECTV, DIRECTV STREAM and U-verse on March 23, 2023.
When the two companies were initially unable to agree on financial terms to extend their carriage agreement, DIRECTV lost the rights to distribute the programming on Jan 25, 2023. Unfortunately, this is a common occurrence in the pay TV industry, and often consumers are caught in the middle.
“Newsmax recognizes and appreciates that DIRECTV clearly supports diverse voices, including conservative ones,” said Christopher Ruddy, CEO of Newsmax. “As a standalone company, DIRECTV gave Newsmax its start nearly a decade ago as it continues to do with upcoming news networks, which is why we are pleased to reach a mutually beneficial agreement that will deliver our network to DIRECTV, DIRECTV STREAM and U-verse customers over the next several years.”
“This resolution with Newsmax, resolving an all-too-common carriage dispute, underscores our dedication to delivering a wide array of programming and perspectives to all our customers,” said Bill Morrow, Chief Executive Officer for DIRECTV. “Through our persistent negotiations, we reached a resolution under mutually-agreeable business terms allowing us to deliver the conservative news network at the right value – a reflection of the free market at work.” MORE
Waiting for One American News before I subscribe again
I dumped DirectTV when they removed Newsmax. Never going back.
Newmax is FOX light. Newsmax founder has donated bus loads of money to the Clinton Foundation. We just purchased ROKU. A one time purchase price thing. A gateway to streaming insanity. BUT, you get OAN. OAN is the shit. It’s like Tucker Carlson 24-7.
Gee, it’s on FREE Samsung TV, along with a lot of other stuff Spectrum made us pay for.
I hope cable companies go down the sewer drain where they belong.