DIRECTV says Nexstar documents support retransmission consent price-fixing claim

DIRECTV says Nexstar documents support retransmission consent price-fixing claim

Reporters from KTLA-TV and other news channels at a press conference in 2014. KTLA is owned by Nexstar Media Group. (Photo via Wikimedia Commons, editing by The Desk) DIRECTV says documents produced by Nexstar Media Group in an ongoing lawsuit over retransmission consent fees support its argument that the broadcaster wrongfully colluded with two other companies to raise and fix the fees its must pay for the privilege of distributing their networ…

DirecTV Wants More From Nexstar In Retrans Price-Fixing Suit

Documents produced by Nexstar Media Group in a retransmission consent complaint brought against it and shared services providers Mission Broadcasting and White Knight Broadcasting in March 2023 by DirecTV have been criticized by the plaintiff in the federal legal battle as being deficient. Still, the direct broadcast satellite service provider believes there’s another data gathered through discovery by DirecTV attorneys that tilts the ongoing pr…