Disney vs. fuboTV
January 2020
fuboTV had to drop Disney-owned FOX networks for 7 months due to Disney’s high fees.
Hearst vs. DIRECTV
January 2020
Hearst blacked out the signals to 34 stations for two days, which they had also done to DIRECTV’s customers for a week in 2017.
Sinclair vs. fuboTV
January 2020
22 FOX Regional Sports Networks left fuboTV when they couldn’t come to an agreement on rising costs.
Hearst vs. Service Electric
January 2018
Hearst cut the signal to their station when this small provider wouldn’t agree to their high fee demands.
Hearst vs. DISH
March 2017
33 stations were pulled by Hearst for almost 2 months when DISH wouldn’t agree to Hearst’s demands to double their current rates.
FOX vs. DISH
September 2019
FOX blacked out many cable networks and 17 stations. FOX is demanding big rate increases and DISH offered an extension but was turned down. “FOX had nothing to lose and consumers had everything to gain by leaving its channels up,” DISH said. “Instead, FOX chose to harm its viewers.”
CBS vs. DIRECTV
July 2019
AT&T and DIRECTV customers in 14 markets lost their CBS and The CW signals for 20 days. AT&T referred to CBS as a “repeat blackout offender” who regularly threatens to remove signals to get higher fees.
Meredith vs. DISH
July 2019
Meredith pulled 17 popular stations for over 2 months, even after DISH offered to keep the channels up while they reached a deal.
Nexstar vs. AT&T
July 2019
Nexstar blacked out 120 stations from AT&T and DIRECTV for 8 weeks because AT&T wouldn’t agree to their demands for, “… the largest increase that AT&T has ever seen from any content provider.”