One America News Urges Viewers to Call Cable Companies to Stay on Air
thewrap.comwhich first reported the news, OAN’s contract with DirecTV expires in April. “We informed Herring Networks that, following a routine internal review, we do not plan to enter into a new contract when our current agreement expires,” DirecTV said in a statement.In May 2020, some DirecTV customers complained online — and liberal commenters cheered — because of a mistaken belief that the provider had dropped OAN at the time.
As TheWrap reported at the time, however, subscribers who sounded the alarm posted pictures that suggested they simply needed to upgrade their DirecTV packages: “To add this channel now, simply text, click or call.”Herring explained to TheWrap at that time that DirecTV apparently had ended a limited-time offer to provide free previews of channels such as his own. “Due to COVID-19, with many Americans sheltering and home, the cable companies, including DirecTV, have provided FREE extended PREVIEWS of a number of channels, including OAN,” Herring said via email, praising the provider that would ultimate deal his network a hefty blow less than two years later. “DirecTV was offering a number of channels for free to customers that generally don’t receive the programming.
Read more on thewrap.com