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Nexstar and YouTube TV reach new multi-year agreement

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This agreement extends an existing one for the carriage of NewsNation and the company's CBS-affiliated stations, but will now include the carriage of Nexstar's CW, MyNetworkTV, and independent stations.

The news release from Nexstar themselves...

IRVING, TX – Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXST) (“Nexstar”) today announced that it has reached a comprehensive multi-year distribution agreement with YouTube TV to launch 59 stations on its platform, including its 29 CW-affiliated television stations, its 26 MyNetworkTV affiliates, and its four independent stations in Chicago, Washington, D.C., Oklahoma City, and Baton Rouge. The agreement also renews and extends YouTube TV’s carriage of America’s fastest-growing cable news network, NewsNation, which is home to such shows as “Cuomo,” “Dan Abrams Live,” and “Banfield.” In addition, Nexstar extended carriage of all of the Company’s CBS-affiliated stations on YouTube TV. Financial terms of the agreement were not released.

“These agreements with YouTube TV underscore the importance of Nexstar’s national and local content on its platform,” said Tom Carter, Nexstar’s Chief Operating Officer. “Not only will Nexstar’s 40 CBS-affiliated stations continue being carried on YouTube TV, but for the first time Nexstar’s 59 CW, MyNetworkTV, and independent stations will be carried on the platform, bringing Nexstar’s CBS, The CW Network, and MyNetworkTV content, as well as local news, weather, sports, and other proprietary and syndicated content to YouTube TV subscribers in local markets across the country. We are also excited to be extending NewsNation’s partnership with YouTube TV at a time when the network is about to expand its weekday news programming to 24-hours a day with the launch of ‘Elizabeth Vargas Reports’ and ‘The Hill.’”
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There is no reported set date as far as these individual stations will be available on YTTV; more than likely, it'll happen on a market-by-market basis. To note, also, WPIX (CW-New York City) is already available in the NYC DMA, as that agreement was made back in 2020, when E.W. Scripps briefly owned the station before it came under Nexstar/Mission-controlled.

In another press release from Nexstar, it also ties to the overall carriage of The CW network as well, as the network and YTTV extended its own agreement, also reported today...

BURBANK, CA – The CW Network today announced that it has reached a comprehensive multi-year agreement with streaming platform YouTube TV to continue carrying its CW-affiliated television stations across the country. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

“We are extremely pleased to have reached agreement to continue carriage of its CW-affiliated stations on YouTube TV, especially as we move forward with our plans to transform The CW with additional sports programming and a new slate of prime-time entertainment shows this Fall,” said Dennis Miller, President of The CW Network. “YouTube TV is an important partner for our affiliates and us, and we look forward to expanding our relationship and growing our audience via this dynamic platform.

The agreement means that millions of YouTube TV subscribers will continue having access to such prime-time network programming as “All American,” as well as new sports programming like LIV Golf and “100 Days to Indy,” and the important local news and other daytime and syndicated content provided by The CW’s affiliates.
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KTLA just showed up today for me on youtube tv. With so many people dropping cable for streaming platforms, maybe they realized they are also losing significant viewers as well by not being on YouTube TV
 
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