Multi-Year Agreement Covers Nexstar-Owned Local Stations in 97 Markets Across DIRECTV, AT&T TV and U-verse Platforms Aug. 29, 2019 – Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXST) (“Nexstar”) and AT&T (NYSE: T) have entered into a new multi-year retransmission consent agreement to provide Nexstar-owned network affiliated and local broadcast stations to customers of AT&T’s video platforms […]
Nexstar Partners with BMI in Association with Production Services of Belmont University to Provide Daily Patriotic Musical Composition Beginning Labor Day, Nexstar Stations Across the United States Will Showcase a New Series Featuring the Star-Spangled Banner Performed by BMI’s Talented Songwriters IRVING, Texas (August 29, 2019) – Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXST) (the “Company”) […]
New Agreement Covers Nearly Six Million Television Households Across 15 Markets NEW YORK and IRVING, Texas – August 6, 2019 – CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS.A and CBS) and Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXST) today announced a multi-year agreement that renews CBS network affiliations for Nexstar stations, in fifteen markets that reach approximately 5% of […]
Accomplished Sales and Marketing Executive Promoted to Lead WTEN-TV and News10.com ALBANY, New York and IRVING, Texas (August 1, 2019) — Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXST) announced today that Jerry Brehm has been named Vice President and General Manager of WTEN-TV (ABC) and associated mobile / digital operations, including News10.com, serving the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY […]
IRVING, Texas (July 26, 2019) – Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXST) announced today that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.45 per share of its Class A common stock. The dividend is payable on Friday, August 23, 2019, to shareholders of record on Friday, August 9, 2019. While the Company […]
Matthew Rosenfeld and Traci Wilkinson Promoted to Newly-Created Regional Management Positions Overseeing Nexstar’s Television and Digital Media Operations in Select Markets IRVING, Texas – Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NXST) announced today that Matthew Rosenfeld and Traci Wilkinson have been promoted to Senior Vice President and Regional Manager of Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc. The appointments […]
AT&T Withholds Content from Subscribers Rather than Negotiate with Broadcasters at Fair Market Rates IRVING, Texas – Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXST) (“Nexstar”) set the record straight today with legislators, regulators, consumers and others related to ongoing negotiations between the parties on a distribution agreement that will allow AT&T to continue to offer […]
Barring Immediate Action from AT&T, Viewers in 20 Local Markets will be Unable to Access Tonight’s 2019 Major League Baseball All-Star Game on DIRECTV and AT&T U-verse IRVING, Texas – United States Senators John Thune of South Dakota and John Kennedy of Louisiana join Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal as well as legislators from West […]
IRVING, Texas – Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal has issued a letter urging direct broadcast satellite service provider DIRECTV and AT&T U-verse to immediately restore carriage of Nexstar-owned WTNH-TV (ABC) and WCTX-TV (MyNetworkTV). Effective 11:59 p.m. CT on July 3, 2019, AT&T/DIRECTV dropped the network and local community programming for Nexstar-owned stations impacting viewers in 97 […]
IRVING, Texas, July 5, 2019 – Viewers across the United States have expressed their outrage at AT&T/DIRECTV following their removal of scores of local Nexstar Broadcasting television stations which began on the Fourth of July. For example, as a result of AT&T/DIRECTV’s actions, AT&T/DIRECTV subscribers in Bakersfield, California were unable to receive local Nexstar televised […]