EL SEGUNDO, CA and IRVING, TX (Sept. 18, 2023)—DIRECTV and Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NXST) have officially reached a comprehensive new multi-year distribution agreement covering 176 Nexstar-owned local television stations and the company’s national cable news network, NewsNation.
Your local Nexstar stations, WAVY-TV and WVBT-TV, have been off the DIRECTV lineup since July 2.
Monday’s announcement follows the return of the television stations and NewsNation to DIRECTV, DIRECTV STREAM and U-verse on the morning of Sept. 17.
Terms of the agreements were not disclosed.
DIRECTV and Nexstar greatly appreciate the patience of their subscribers and viewers during this negotiation.
