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DirecTV And Nexstar Agree To Temporarily Restore Stations, Letting Millions View NFL Football As Companies Finalize Carriage Deal

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Ending a two-and-a-half month impasse, DirecTV and leading station owner Nexstar Media Group have agreed to restore the signals of dozens of stations as the companies work to finalize a carriage renewal.

About 159 ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC and CW affiliates as well as cable network NewsNation went dark July 2 due to a fight over distribution terms.

The rift was followed by a shorter but even more closely tracked one between Disney and Charter, which ended last week after a 10-day outage.

Nexstar is the No. 1 local-station owner in the U.S., and DirecTV is the country’s third-largest pay-TV provider. Top markets affected by the fight included L.A., Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Denver, including such marquee stations as KTLA and WGN.

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