True and also who would the third parties be to get the divested stations Tegna, Mission and Nexstar are required to sell to get merger approval if you remove Mission Broadcasting (license holder for some of the Nexstar stations) from the deal.
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Nexstar ready to hook up with TEGNA?
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For a couple reasons:
1. Nexstar executives have said they do not believe divestures will be required by the current government.
2. Because the merger doesn't make sense if that is the plan. There are a ton of markets where there is overlap.
If for whatever reason the ownership caps are not changed, then the deal gets called off. Nexstar can't acquire much of anything without changes to the ownership rules.
LTE Band 71 (and 5G n71) is 617 - 698 MHz. I don't think there's ever been a cellular band assigned to use frequencies into the 500 MHz range, nor would it be ideal for phone manufacturers and carriers to implement.
If anything, it's more likely that satellite frequencies get repurposed, like with the recent C-Band repack. It used to be 3.7 - 4.2 GHz; now 3.7 - 3.98 is cellular (5G Band n77), with a 20 MHz guard band, and 4.0 - 4.2 GHz is still used for satellite.
At 614 MHz the wavelength is around 48 centimeters. Longer wavelengths below 608 MHz may simply be impractical for antenna designs in current smartphones. As I said in an earlier post, the cellular companies seem to be targeting midband frequencies from 2 to 7 GHz for expansion, and millimeter wave bands above 10 GHz where practical.
We’ll have to see what happens with 5G TV, which is intended for the current 470-608 MHz UHF TV band. There are some groups that are promoting it, and I think some OTA tests have been conducted in certain markets using LPTV stations.
5G Broadcast - Wikipedia
LTE-based 5G Terrestrial Broadcast for TV and radio distribution
LTE-based 5G Terrestrial Broadcast, widely known as 5G Broadcast, allows linear TV and radio to be broadcast to compatible 3GPP-based device
www.5g-mag.com
100% this. Perry Sook wouldn't be doing this if he wasn't fully expecting political patronage from Carr and Trusty.
Nexstar has a functioning quadopoly in Little Rock where KARK (NBC) is the senior station and KLRT (Fox), KASN (CW) and KARZ (MyTV) are rumps. Perry Sook is likely under the belief that it works in that very small market, so why not do it in Denver where KDVR takes total priority over KUSA, and KWGN and KTVD are run out of broom closets?
This deal isn’t going through, officials from both sides of the aisle are going to speak out over this. There will be lawsuits and this will be in court forever. CBS isn’t selling their stations to Nexstar (what?). Please someone pull up an article from the failed Sinclair-Tribune merger. This stunt is going to cost Nexstar
How will it cost them?
I’d rather be on the realistic side of things, especially given how the FCC is being used as a political tool and is poised to grease the skids to reward Perry Sook. This is getting ramrodded through in six months regardless of any opposition and it’ll be too late to undo anything after it’s completed.
This is not 2017, and even then, Sinclair-Tribune was undone because Sinclair lied to the FCC. There is no lying going on here.
If the deal fails regulatory scrutiny, Nexstar has to pay a breakup fee of $125 million to Tegna.
Have you not been paying any attention to recent changes in the political climate?
Forget the old rules and ways of doing things. Brave New World.
Meanwhile I am seeing more chatter that the ultimate plan for Nexstar is to consolidate programming on one or two channels in a market while using the remaining signals for datacasting.
In Des Moines Iowa Nextar use to own WOI and KCWI but now it's owned by Tenga while Nexstar owns WHO.
If this did go through Nexstar would own WHO, and again own WOI and KCWI.
If this did go through Nexstar would own WHO, and again own WOI and KCWI.
What kind of datacasting would that be?
Nexstar CEO Calls Local Media “The Least Sexy, Most Sticky Part Of The Media Ecosystem” As It Pursues Deal For Tegna
Perry Sook, CEO of CW owner and giant broadcaster Nexstar, explains why he's made a home in local media and how he sees the future of the business.
deadline.com
"it's the least sexy part of the media ecosystem, which is why I'm thrilled to completely destroy it with Carr and Trusty's help!"
Colorado Democratic lawmakers urge FCC to reject Nexstar Media-TEGNA deal
Democratic lawmakers Joe Neguse and Michael Bennet sent a letter on Thursday to FCC Chairman Brendan Carr.
www.9news.com
OK we shall see how this plays out if this is the case.
Wonder how that will work in Des Moines as Nexstar owns WHO 13. Tegna owns WOI 5 and KCWI 23.
They use to own WOI 5 and KCWI but when Nexstar bought Tribune they dropped those channels for WHO 13.
Nexstar Seeks Approval Of Tegna Acquisition From FCC
Nexstar Media Group on Tuesday announced that in connection with its pending acquisition of Tegna Inc., the companies have filed applications with the FCC seeking consent to the transfer of the broadcast licenses currently controlled by Tegna to Nexstar. The applications address why, if certain...
tvnewscheck.com