Nexstar takes DIRECTV's fight over TV fees to Supreme Court

Nexstar takes DIRECTV's fight over TV fees to Supreme Court

(Photo by Matthew Keys for The Desk) Nexstar Media Group has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in a federal antitrust lawsuit brought three years ago by DIRECTV over fees charged for distributions of local television stations that are owned by other companies. In its petitioned filed with the Supreme Court last week, Nexstar says DIRECTV cannot prove that it suffered “downstream” financial losses when Nexstar demanded the company negotia…

Nexstar Petitions SCOTUS Over DirecTV Retrans Dispute

Nexstar wants the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on its retransmission consent dispute with DirecTV to resolve a circuit split, according to a petition for a writ of certiorari filed Monday. Nexstar asked the high court to overturn a...