Posted on 01/21/2022 9:28:28 PM PST by Coronal
The founder and CEO of San Diego-based One America News on Thursday appealed to viewers of his far-right network to contact their cable provider to carry OAN.
Robert Herring Sr. commented publicly for the first time on “surprise” news a week ago that AT&T and DirecTV would drop OAN.
“Whether it’s Spectrum, Dish, or any of the other great providers … let them know that you would like for them to carry One America News,” he said in a 2 1/2-minute segment.
He even revealed what OAN makes in the carriage agreement.
“We only charge 10 cents per household per month,” Herring said. “That is a great deal by any standard, giving all of the amazing content our team puts out.”
In March 2016, OAN sued AT&T, complaining that AT&T had decided to acquire DirecTV and wind-down U-verse without telling Herring Networks. A year later, the case was dismissed at the request of both parties.
But in that original complaint, OAN said its monthly carriage fee was 18 cents per subscriber.
More recently, a leading market analytics firm listed OAN’s affiliate fee at 12 cents, which is what Media Matters President Angelo Carusone tweeted in October.
“AT&T has been what certainly seems like overpaying for OANN,” said a Media Matters spokeswoman Friday. “Fees are set by negotiation, but a big driver is demand score (the number of people requesting the channel). OANN doesn’t have a particular high demand score and certainly not one that would justify 12 cents.”
In 2019, OAN claimed to be available to 35 million households, but its actual viewership has been placed at only tens of thousands.
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Suing AT&T and DirecTV would be more fun.
That’s a lie; many are requesting OANN.
Everything we have is tied into that damnable AT&T. Time for a radical change.
This is awful. I don’t subscribe to any pay TV, but would like to support them.
How?
For what? They have the legal, Constitutional right to choose to not renew the contract, as does OAN.
I am sure they can livestream on rumble.
I don’t really watch tv but if I did it would be OAN.
I have AT&T Cable. I don’t think they are dropping OAN.
I wonder if any streaming services carry OAN.
That’s right I forgot. We’re a cancel nation now. You preach the government’s bullshit and toe their line or you’re cancelled. It’s not fair and us old schoolers don’t like it, but hey, communism and censorship are never fair.
He needs to move the operation to Rumble.
One America News Network can be viewed via Apple TV, Roku or Amazon’s Fire TV.
It must be on streaming free tv.
Roku, Xfinity, etc
I heard the contract was up in April.
Nobody’s entitled to a platform for their views. As it is, one of their hosts called out for viewers to provide him with whatever dirt they might have on the Chairman of AT&T. Brilliant move that, trying to get dirt on the guy whose company you want to do business with your employer. I’m sure that will have other content providers lining up to do business with them.
I thought that was for Direct TV. Is it for cable, too?
Thanks.
Beats me. But I think it’s just DirecTV.
I have oan on Roku. 5 bucks a month.
Almost free.
They have a stream on many platforms for 5 bucks a month
my mom watched OANN for years on AT&T.
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