AT&T UVERSE May Lose Univision Channels.

[Scott Greczkowski]

AT&T U-verse is currently in contract negotiations for the broadcasting rights of several local and national broadcast channels owned by Univision, including local channels airing Univision and UniMas, Galavision, Univision Deportes and tlnovelas, among others. If a deal is not reached before the Thursday, March 3 expiration, these channels may be removed from the U-verse programming lineup. DIRECTV customers are not affected by these negotiations and will not lose their Univision programming if a deal is not reached.

 

[harshness]

Divide and conquer one class of customer at a time to transition to DIRECTV?

 

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Univision Goes Dark on U-Verse
Spanish-language programmer says issue is parity with English-language channels
http://www.multichannel.com/news/carriage-deals/univision-goes-dark-u-verse/403045

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

AT&T U-verse is currently in contract negotiations for the broadcasting rights of several local and national broadcast channels owned by Univision, including local channels airing Univision and UniMas, Galavision, Univision Deportes and tlnovelas, among others. A deal was not reached before the contract expired, and U-verse was forced to remove these channels from its programming lineup. DIRECTV customers are not affected by these negotiations and have not lost their Univision programming.

 

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Univision blasts AT&T for 'discriminatory behavior' amid latest retrans-related blackout
Univision has charged AT&T (NYSE: T) with racial discrimination after its channels went dark in the homes of 5.9 million U-verse pay-TV subscribers.

The Spanish-language Univision broadcast network, which encompasses 60 stations serving 19 markets, as well as UniMás, Galavisión, and Univision Deportes NetworkCharge, have been blacked out in the latest impasse in broadcast retransmission licensing renewal.

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