DirecTV, AT&T TV, and AT&T TV NOW Reach Deal with TEGNA After Two-Week Blackout

After a two week blackout, DirecTV, AT&T U-Verse, AT&T TV, and AT&T TV NOW have reach a deal to return channels owned by TEGNA. The new multi-year deal covers 64 TEGNA television stations across 51 markets including locals in Denver, Washington DC, San Diego, Hartford, Tampa, Jacksonville, and others.

All TEGNA stations are returning today to any impacted AT&T customers.

To our DIRECTV and AT&T U-Verse viewers,

TEGNA has reached a multi-year agreement with AT&T. All TEGNA stations will be returned to DIRECTV and AT&T U-Verse lines very shortly.

We are grateful for your patience and product to be service you again.

With the deal, there are only two major outstanding local carriage disputes.

At the beginning of December, Nexstar was unable to reach a deal with Dish Network, which saw all 164 Nexstar-owned local affiliates dropped from their service.

Last week, Hulu + Live TV dropped Sinclair-owned CBS affiliates after being unable to reach a deal.

AT&T has been hemorrhaging subscribers by the quarter for the last year and a half. In Q3 2020, AT&T TV NOW lost 37,000 subscribers, bringing the company to 683,000 subscribers in total (after a peak 1.85 million subscribers in September 2018).

Overall, AT&T is now down to 17.8 million video connections, down 637K in total — 590K of those coming from DirecTV and AT&T U-Verse. It’s a slight improvement from the nearly a million connections (972K) they lost in Q2.

Offer Terms

Only valid for new DIRECTV STREAM subscribers.
Only valid once per household.
You must pay and maintain service for at least one month to be eligible.
Purchase must be completed on the DIRECTV STREAM website.
You’ll receive gift card 4-6 weeks after purchase (~2 weeks after your first month).
Cannot be combined with any other promotion and won’t be eligible if you try to use a coupon code or cash back from another site.

Offer Terms

Only valid for new Sling TV subscribers to Sling Orange, Blue, or Sling Orange + Blue.
Only valid once per household.
You must pay and maintain service for at least one month to be eligible.
You must click from The Streamable and complete your purchase on the Sling TV website.
You’ll receive gift card 4-6 weeks after purchase (~2 weeks after your first month).
Cannot be combined with any other promotion and won’t be eligible if you try to use a coupon code or cash back from another site.

Offer Terms

Only valid for new Hulu Live TV subscribers.
Only valid once per household.
You must pay and maintain service for at least one month to be eligible.
You must click from The Streamable and complete your purchase on the Hulu Live TV website.
You’ll receive gift card 4-6 weeks after purchase (~2 weeks after your first month).
Cannot be combined with any other promotion and won’t be eligible if you try to use a coupon code or cash back from another site.

DirecTV, AT&T TV, and AT&T TV NOW Reach Deal with TEGNA After Two-Week Blackout

DIRECTV STREAM Cash Back

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Sling TV Cash Back

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Hulu Live TV Cash Back

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