Newsmax Goes Dark on DirecTV Lineup
Newsmax went dark on DirecTV's channel lineup at the end of Tuesday, the MVPD said Wednesday. A DirecTV spokesperson emailed that the MVPD has repeatedly indicated it wanted to continue carrying the network "but ultimately Newsmax's demands for rate increases…
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would have led to significantly higher costs." "We expect DirecTV, and its majority owner AT&T, to treat Newsmax on a fair and equitable basis in relation to all of the channels it carries, especially after both companies de-platformed OAN last year," a Newsmax spokesperson emailed. The network's being dropped has been a subject of House Republican criticism (see 2301240032).