It may not be worth the cost to pay Direct TV to carry the channel AT&T spinning off DirecTV after losing millions of customers,
Newsmax Hosts Beg Viewers to Get Congress to Help the Network Newsmax hosts have spent all day whining about DirecTV dropping the pro-Trump channel, going so far as to urge viewers to get the government involved. https://www.thedailybeast.com/newsmax-hosts-beg-viewers-to-get-congress-to-help-the-network
Disgraced ex-Fox News loofar Bill O' Reilly who paid $millions and millions for drunkenly molesting women colleagues, to take over channel vacated by Newsmax. Upstart right-wing network takes over channel vacated by Newsmax in DirecTV lineup DirecTV has cut ties with the conservative Newsmax but added another right-wing upstart network to its lineup. The First, a fledgling news network whose hosts include disgraced Fox News broadcaster Bill O'Reilly and former NRA spokeswoman Dana Loesch, took over the same channel slot vacated this week by Newsmax, reported The Daily Beast. In addition to programs hosted by O'Reilly and Loesch, former OAN anchor Liz Wheeler and right-wing radio host Jesse Kelly will also have their own shows.
To be fair... a upstart news network which includes O'Reilly who is very entertaining (plus formerly being a favorite on Fox) and others similar to him --- is likely to gather more viewers than Newsmax on the DirectTV feed and cost DirectTV much less to carry. Straight up practical business. Besides replacing Newsmax with another right-wing network takes the wind out of all the GOP arguments about the decision.
Imagine that... Newsmax accused of pushing misinformation. LOL DirecTV blasts Newsmax for pushing ‘inaccurate and misleading’ attacks after the right-wing network was dropped https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/14/media/directv-newsmax-reliable-sources/index.html All niceties have been thrown out the window as DirecTV finds itself ensnared in an ugly carriage dispute with Newsmax. The satellite carrier, which refuses to buckle to pressure and pay millions of dollars to broadcast the network’s low-rated programming, unleashed on the right-wing talk channel on Tuesday. In a letter sent to prominent Jewish Newsmax supporters who had expressed concern about the matter, DirecTV effectively accused the network of waging a dishonest pressure campaign against the company that mischaracterized a run-of-the-mill carriage dispute as a nefarious act of anti-conservative censorship. “Put simply, this is a typical business dispute that has nothing to do with ideology, politics or censorship – despite unfounded accusations to the contrary by Newsmax, its CEO, its commentators and others,” DirecTV said. At the center of the dispute: Newsmax has demanded DirecTV pay millions in carriage fees to continue including the channel in its lineup. DirecTV has refused, saying that it does not want to pass on added costs to its subscribers for a channel that a small percentage of viewers actually watch. DirecTV has also balked at paying for the same content that streams to users for free on other platforms, such as Roku. But Newsmax — and Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill — have advanced a wholly different narrative, one unsupported by the facts in the case. They’ve accused DirecTV — which just added another right-wing talk channel to its lineup — of censoring conservative voices. Newsmax, led by Chris Ruddy, who is well-connected in GOP circles, has in recent weeks used its platform and political power to pressure DirecTV into paying up. DirecTV said that it found such behavior “troubling,” calling out Newsmax for promoting “inaccurate and misleading information” about the dispute as it publishes an endless stream of content targeting the satellite carrier. “In our view these efforts are obscuring facts in pursuit of Newsmax’s own commercial interests,” DirecTV said, “not elucidating the news.” Newsmax did not respond to a request for comment on Tuesday evening. However, the letter from DirecTV comes as Republicans on Capitol Hill continue to hint that they will hold a hearing about the matter. GOP Rep. Bryon Donalds, a House Oversight Committee member, told Newsmax this week that Republicans are “definitely looking into” holding a hearing. “We obviously have an issue with a lot of media companies silencing conservative thought and conservative speech,” Donalds said, “and the one thing we’re committed to is doing everything we can to put an end to it.”
So let me ask... Should DirectTV be paying more to carry Newsmax than any other cable channel in the line-up including FOX? I think not. Newsmax Reportedly Wants DIRECTV to Pay More Than the Originally Reported $1 a Year Per Subscriber https://cordcuttersnews.com/newsmax...-originally-reported-1-a-year-per-subscriber/
So in summary -- we will carry your channel and pay what it is worth. Which is basically next to nothing. DirecTV reaches deal to distribute right wing network Newsmax after long dispute https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/22/directv-newsmax-distribution-deal.html DirecTV said it reached a deal with Newsmax to once again carry the right wing cable TV channel. The satellite TV provider and Newsmax had been in a months-long dispute. DirecTV said it stemmed from financial differences between the two. (More at above url)
With many cable and satellite service dropping Newsmax -- they try to enter the streaming market. And, of course, it includes a cast of every indicted criminal and sexual predator that you can imagine who have been given the boot from other networks. ‘Dumpster Fire’: Newsmax’s New Streaming Service is a Rogues’ Gallery of Disgraced TV Stars https://www.mediaite.com/media/dump...ce-is-a-rogues-gallery-of-disgraced-tv-stars/