Nexstar Names Michael Biard President & COO Former Fox Corporation exec will join Nexstar on August 21; current president Thomas Carter will continue as senior advisor through end of this year TV Tech · Jul 25, 2023
Fox Exec Michael Biard Jumps to Nexstar as President, COO David Espinosa named president of distribution at Fox Broadcasting & Cable · Jul 25, 2023
Nexstar Ends Hawaiian Telcom Blackout, But Operator Is Still Complaining to the FCC About the Broadcaster’s ‘Negotiating Tactics’ Nexstar, of course, still has a massive station blackout on DirecTV to deal with Broadcasting & Cable · Jul 23, 2023
Nexstar Inks New Distribution Agreement with Hawaiian Telcom Multiyear agreement covers Nexstar’s KHON-TV (Fox), KHON2 (CW), and KHII-TV (MyNet), NewsNation and Rewind TV TV Tech · Jul 21, 2023
Nexstar Promotes Larry Cottrill To VP/GM of Columbus Operations, Ohio The station group also appointed Mitzi Coleman to VP/GM of broadcasting and digital operations serving Wheeling, West Virginia And Steubenville, Ohio TV Tech · Jul 19, 2023
DirecTV Accuses Nexstar of Expanding Blackout to Sinclair CW Stations Nexstar has “dragged…new viewers of a competing broadcaster against their will” into the dispute “regardless of DirecTV’s agreements to serve these viewers,” DirecTV told the FCC TV Tech · Jul 19, 2023
Nexstar Promotes Larry Cottrill to GM of WCMH Columbus Nexstar Promotes Larry Cottrill to GM of WCMH Columbus Broadcasting & Cable · Jul 19, 2023
DirecTV Accuses Nexstar of Further Expanding Mega-Blackout By Having Sinclair-Owned Stations Take Down CW Content From DirecTV Stream Pay TV company said Nexstar, which owns CW, had content from the network removed from Sinclair-owned affiliate streaming feeds in 21 DMAs Broadcasting & Cable · Jul 18, 2023
DirecTV Wins Summary Judgement in 2015 D.C. Retrans Fight as N.Y. Supreme Court Rules Nexstar Duped Satellite Company About NBC Affiliation Court rules the station group breached its contract by not telling the satellite TV company it was paying Big Four dollars for what was about to become a CW station Broadcasting & Cable · Jul 18, 2023
Sean Compton, Dana Zimmer Get Contract Extensions From Nexstar Execs joined broadcaster in 2019 acquisition of Tribune Multichannel News · Jul 17, 2023
Nexstar’s Alford and Bonneville’s Vea Appointed to NAB Television Board of Directors Andy Alford is the president, Broadcasting, Nexstar Media Group, Inc., and Tanya Vea, is the president and COO, Bonneville International Corporation TV Tech · Jul 17, 2023
CW Inks Deal for ACC Football and Basketball Rights Starting this fall, the CW Network to air football games every Saturday throughout the season TV Tech · Jul 14, 2023
Nexstar Promotes Jerry Walsh to SVP, Local Content Development Austin Kellerman named VP, local digital content strategy Broadcasting & Cable · Jul 14, 2023
Nexstar Promotes News Content Leaders Jerry Walsh elevated to SVP of local content development; Austin Kellerman named VP of local digital content strategy TV Tech · Jul 13, 2023
Multichannel News · Jul 6, 2023 Hawaiian Telcom Makes ‘Bad Faith’ Complaint About Nexstar Retrans Talks Signal was blacked out when agreement expired June 30
Los Angeles Times · Jul 3, 2023 Nexstar stations dropped from DirecTV in nationwide blackout Millions of DirecTV customers lost access to Nexstar Media Group channels after the two companies failed to agree to a new distribution contract by a Sunday night deadline.
TV Tech · Jul 3, 2023 Nexstar Stations Dropped From DirecTV Nexstar says DirecTV rejected a plan to extend the negotiation; DirecTV says Nexstar is demanding “more than double” the current retrans fees
Broadcasting & Cable · Jul 3, 2023 Hot Blackout Action! DirecTV and Nexstar Wage Huge Broadcast Retrans Battle … in the Middle of Summer When Fewer People Are Watching Over 200 Nexstar-run stations became unavailable on the nation's third largest pay TV operator's platforms Sunday
TV Tech · Jun 30, 2023 Potential Blackout of Nexstar Stations on DirecTV Looms Failure to conclude a new deal could take more than 160 Nexstar stations off DirecTV "soon" Nexstar warns
Multichannel News · Jun 30, 2023 Nexstar, DirecTV Gird for Retransmission Battle Agreements covering 200 stations set to expire
Tom’s Guide · Jun 28, 2023 YouTube TV adding more local networks — what you need to know A YouTube TV deal struck earlier this year is bringing 59 more local affiliates to the live TV service.
TV Tech · Jun 14, 2023 Nexstar Stations in Philly, San Fran and Tampa to Become CW Affiliates Starting Sept. 1, WPHL-TV, KRON-TV, and WTTA-TV will carry CW’s programing
Broadcasting & Cable · Jun 14, 2023 3 Nexstar Stations To Add The CW Affiliations on Sept. 1 Move in Philadelphia, San Francisco and Tampa follows CBS-owned stations dropping the network
TV Tech · Jun 9, 2023 Nexstar Promotes Carter Murphy to VP & GM Murphy will oversee broadcasting and digital operations serving Augusta, Ga. and Aiken, S.C.
Broadcasting & Cable · Jun 9, 2023 Nexstar Promotes Carter Murphy To GM at WJBF-TV, Augusta, Ga. Exec succeeds Bill Steward, who is retiring