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Disney-owned ABC stations, ESPN and other Disney channels could go dark in DirecTV homes on Sept. 1 if no deal is reached

The deal ends a lengthy blackout and restores the CMG stations to the Dish lineup

Nexstar says DirecTV rejected a plan to extend the negotiation; DirecTV says Nexstar is demanding “more than double” the current retrans fees

Agreement restored local Tegna stations to the Dish lineup on Friday Feb. 4 in time for Olympics coverage

Five Tegna stations have been removed from the line-ups of Verizon Fios TV, including WUSA in Washington D.C.

In response, Tegna said the "complaint is utterly baseless and without merit" and that it "welcomes a chance for the FCC to review Dish's conduct over the course of this negotiation."

Contract impasse is still preventing platform users from downloading the No. 2 U.S. cable operator’s video app

Deal came hours before kickoff

Frames it as part of larger issue of increasing fees and blackouts

ATVA believes action should be taken to prevent such wide-ranging drops in service