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Judge Dismisses DirecTV’s Antitrust Lawsuit Against Nexstar
A judge has dismissed the antitrust lawsuit DirecTV filed last year accusing Nexstar of engaging in price-fixing activity in contract negotiations.
DirecTV’s suit, filed in New York’s Southern District in March 2023, accused Nexstar of engaging in price-fixing activity around the retransmission consent fees from MVPDs that have become a key source of revenue for local station owners. In his ruling issued March 20, Judge P. Kevin Castel dismissed the filing, without prejudice, arguing that DirecTV didn’t suffer enough significant harm in its dispute with Nexstar and related TV station owners to warrant an antitrust claim. DirecTV argued that it lost customers in Mission and White Knight markets because it could no longer offer their stations as part of its channel package.
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