Retransmission Consent

LIN, Time Warner Cable Face Retrans Carriage Deadline

Contract Set to Expire on May 31
By: Mike Reynolds May 22 2013 - 10:47pm
Contract Set to Expire on May 31

Updated: May 23, 2 p.m. (ET)

A retransmission-consent battle could be brewing between stations owned by LIN TV and Time Warner Cable.

The nation’s second-largest MSO says that LIN is alerting viewers that their contract to carry the stations expires on May 31 at 5 p.m. (ET). Time Warner Cable maintains that LIN is seeking a 50% increase in compensation, just two years after the parties reached a retrans deal.

DirecTV Looks to Test Off-Air Antenna in Set-Top

Device Would Help Satellite Giant Ease Retrans Fees
By: Mike Farrell May 15 2013 - 3:36pm
Device Would Help Satellite Giant Ease Retrans Fees

DirecTV is considering testing a new set-top that incorporates an antenna allowing customers to pull over-the-air broadcast signals, which could allow the satellite giant to avoid paying millions of dollars per year in retransmission consent fees.

BIA/Kelsey: Retrans Revenue Could Approach $5B By 2017

Fees Will Make Up Nearly 10% of Total Station Revenue in Five Years
By: Mike Farrell Apr 9 2013 - 3:26pm
Fees Will Make Up Nearly 10% of Total Station Revenue in Five Years

Retransmission consent fees will account for nearly 10% of total local television station revenue by 2018, according to a recent report by research firm BIA/Kelsey.

In its  report, BIA/Kelsey estimated that gross retrans fees will more than double between 2012 ($2.23 billion) and 2017 ($4.69 billion), while the amount of those fees the local stations keep after returning a portion to their respective networks, will climb 68% from $1.4 billion in 2012 to $2.35 billion by 2017.

ACA Summit: Abdoulah Says It's Time for FCC to Call Out Broadcasters on Retrans

Slams 'Collusion' on Negotiations
By: John Eggerton Mar 13 2013 - 6:06pm
Slams 'Collusion' on Negotiations
 

A typically passionate Colleen Abdoulah threw some retrans red meat to members gathered for the annual American Cable Association Summit in Washington on Wednesday.

Genachowski: May Be Time to Update Retrans Rules to Limit Blackouts

But Chairman also Says FCC's Authority is Limited and Senate May Have to Lead Way
But Chairman also Says FCC's Authority is Limited and Senate May Have to Lead Way
 
FCC chairman Julius Genachowski told a Senate panel on Tuesday that the commission may have to take action on retrans to reduce the potential for blackouts, but then suggested it would need help from Congress.

That came in one exchange during a marathon oversight hearing (two and a half hours) in the Senate Commerce Committee that ranged far and wide, though never into the area of media violence despite its invocation twice by chairman Jay Rockefeller (D- W. Va.).

DirecTV Avoids Sinclair Blackout

Parties Near Final Agreement, Extend Talks to Hammer Out Details
By: Mike Farrell Feb 28 2013 - 11:36pm
Parties Near Final Agreement, Extend Talks to Hammer Out Details

 

DirecTV avoided a midnight blackout of about 87 Sinclair Broadcast Group stations in 47 markets across the country, receiving an extension from the broadcaster as retransmission consent negotiations continue.

The Sinclair stations, affiliates of all four major broadcasters, are located in markets like Las Vegas, Salt Lake City and Baltimore and were set to go dark at 11:59 p.m. on Feb. 28 if a deal could not be reached. Earlier today, DirecTV said it had been granted the extension and negotiations continue.

DirecTV, Sinclair Continue Retrans Talks

Feb. 28 Deadline Still Looms
By: Mike Farrell Feb 27 2013 - 12:30pm
Feb. 28 Deadline Still Looms

DirecTV and Sinclair Broadcast Group are continuing to talk concerning retransmission consent agreements for stations in 47 markets across the country, but while both sides are hopeful a deal can be reached, there is a slight disconnect on how close they could be to an agreement.

Angelakis: Retrans A $200M Business For NBC By 2014

Comcast CFO Expects Retrans Take to Rise Five-Fold From 2012
By: Mike Farrell Feb 26 2013 - 4:53pm
Comcast CFO Expects Retrans Take to Rise Five-Fold From 2012

Comcast chief financial officer Michael Angelakis told an industry audience Tuesday that he expects retransmission consent revenue from both its owned and operated stations and through reverse compensation from affiliates to increase about 5 -times by 2014, to about $200 million.

Speaking at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media and Telecommunications conference in San Francisco, Angelakis said that raising retrans revenue is a top priority for NBC Universal, adding that the programming unit had received “minuscule” retrans fees in past years.

Grant Communications Stations Remain Dark for Dish Subs

Retrans Stalemate Affects Roanoke, Huntsville, Other Markets as Daytona 500 Looms
By: Michael Malone (Broadcasting & Cable) Feb 20 2013 - 6:47pm
Retrans Stalemate Affects Roanoke, Huntsville, Other Markets as Daytona 500 Looms
 

A dispute over retransmission consent terms between Grant Communications and Dish Network has shut off the Grant stations' signal in Roanoke, Huntsville, Davenport and LaCrosse (Wis.).

DirecTV, Sinclair Retrans Battle Smolders

Stations in 47 Markets Face Blackouts on Feb. 28
By: Mike Farrell Feb 19 2013 - 5:39pm
Stations in 47 Markets Face Blackouts on Feb. 28

Sinclair Broadcast Group and DirecTV are girding for a retransmission consent battle in 47 markets across the country, with the station group informing its viewers that they could lose access to their favorite shows if a deal is not reached by the end of the month.

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