Networks and streaming services have become more willing to black out their signals when TV providers aren’t willing to meet their demands.
We negotiate dozens of agreements each year, the majority of which you never hear about. In fact, we haven’t had a channel blacked out since 2019. When public disputes or blackouts happen, it’s because we wouldn’t agree to the content provider's demands.
We know this can be frustrating - that's why we’re always fighting on behalf of our customers. We're committed to keeping you connected to the content you love while providing the most value from all of our services.
November 2025
Fubo customers lost over 35 channels when NBCU blacked them out because Fubo wouldn’t agree to NBCU’s, “pricing and packaging that are egregiously above those offered” to other providers. This dispute is still active.
November 2025
Zolo Broadcasting removed two stations from DIRECTV viewers, “to force them to pay more in the coming years, even though the stations aren’t as popular as before”. The stations have been dark for over three months at this point.
October 2025
TU’s 11 networks were pulled from YouTube customers for two months due to, “unjustified fee hikes” based on their ratings.
October 2025
Disney yanked their 19+ networks after demanding “costly economic terms that would raise prices on YouTube TV customers.” The networks were dark for 15 days.
January 2025
Optimum customers lost Nexstar stations for over a week because they were demanding, “the highest rates of any broadcasting group” and charging high rates for NewsNation – even though, “90% of customers never tune in.”
January 2025
MSG Network pulled their network for over two months because they were trying to get, “exorbitant programming fees” in addition to making all Optimum customers pay for their network – instead of only those who want it.
October 2025
Monumental proposed very high rates for its ratings, forcing Hulu + Live TV to drop the network to keep their customers’ rates from increasing. This happened at the same time YouTube TV dropped them, too.
October 2025
Monumental proposed very high rates for its ratings, forcing Hulu + Live TV to drop the network to keep their customers’ rates from increasing. This happened at the same time Hulu + Live TV dropped them, too.