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Direct TV cancels Newsmax, (Fox, you are next)
newsmax.com ^ | 1/25/23 | Newsmax

Posted on 01/25/2023 7:47:51 PM PST by Midwesterner53

At midnight Tuesday, AT&T's DirecTV cut Newsmax's signal, immediately shutting the network off from more than 13 million customers of the satellite service, DirecTV Stream, and U-Verse.

This is the second time in the past year AT&T has moved to cancel a conservative channel, with DirecTV deplatforming OAN in April.

Despite Newsmax being the 4th highest-rated cable news channel in the nation, a top 20 cable news channel overall, and watched by 25 million Americans on cable alone, according to Nielsen, DirecTV said it was taking the step as a "cost-cutting" measure and would never pay Newsmax a cable license fee.

DirecTV pays cable license fees to all top 75 cable channels and to all 22 liberal news and information channels it carries. Almost all of these channels are paid hefty license fees significantly more than Newsmax was seeking — and despite the fact that most of the channels have much lower ratings than Newsmax.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: censorshipagain; foxnext; oangone
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Fox, first they came for One America News and you said nothing, then they came for Newsmax and you said nothing. Now only you are left. How much time do you think you have? We canceled Direct TV today, effective next week, going with Xfinity since Dish is battling local Atlanta stations right now. Would get rid of AT&T internet if there was a replacement in our area. Already dumped their cell phone service last year.
1 posted on 01/25/2023 7:47:51 PM PST by Midwesterner53
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To: Midwesterner53

Great post and a clever reworking of First They Came – by Pastor Martin Niemöller.


2 posted on 01/25/2023 7:49:53 PM PST by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: Midwesterner53

“Direct TV” did nothing. People did this. What are their names? Who are they?


3 posted on 01/25/2023 7:52:50 PM PST by Torahman (Remember the Maccabees)
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To: Torahman

Exactly.

It’s like…the FBI was in constant contact with Twitter.

No. Who in the FBI was in ci fact with Twitter. What is/was their FBI email address?


4 posted on 01/25/2023 7:54:59 PM PST by qaz123
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To: Midwesterner53

Klowd tv has OAN and Newsmax


5 posted on 01/25/2023 7:55:07 PM PST by Huskrrrr (Alinsky, you magnificent Bastard, I read your book!)
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To: Midwesterner53

Newsmax carries Trump material if the plan is to promote DeSantis I think Fox will carry water for DeSantis and hurt Trump.

Direct TV probably on an anti-Trump track.


6 posted on 01/25/2023 7:57:06 PM PST by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERBODY'S BUSINESS-REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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To: Midwesterner53

I cancelled DirecTV before it was cool to cancel DirecTV.


7 posted on 01/25/2023 7:57:25 PM PST by Howie66 (Let's Go Brandon!!)
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To: Midwesterner53

Fox news is glad to see upstarts camceled.

I wpuldn’t be surprised if they were involved.


8 posted on 01/25/2023 7:57:30 PM PST by AAABEST ( NY/DC/LA media/political/military industrial complex DELENDA EST)
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To: AAABEST

Fox is the Establishments tool to keep us distracted and under control. It will never go away.

It exists to make us angry about Christmas trees and Dr. Seuss books and ignore the real scandals in our country.


9 posted on 01/25/2023 7:59:15 PM PST by Renfrew (Muscovia delenda est)
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To: Midwesterner53
I don't think the title is correct, DirecTV seems to have temporarily stopped showing Newsmax, channel 349 is still listed along with the current show guide.

Methinks this is Newsmax and DirecTV negotiating over fees, etc.

This happens from time to time with various channels.

10 posted on 01/25/2023 7:59:47 PM PST by SecondAmendment (This just proves my latest theory ... LEFTISTS RUIN EVERYTHING !!!)
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To: Nextrush

>> Direct TV probably on an anti-Trump track.

DiectTV is AT&T — AT&T is a malicious corp.


11 posted on 01/25/2023 8:00:51 PM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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Yesterday, my good friend from Ohio, (my former home) and I were talking. Ironically, she said she simply can NOT watch FOX anymore and has gone to Newsmax thru AT&T and loves it! I explained that we don’t get it in our area of SC. This morning she texted me and said it had been removed from the AT&T lineup. She said, who does this benefit……..FOX.


12 posted on 01/25/2023 8:01:11 PM PST by Toespi
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Newsmax streams free on multiple free streaming platforms.

But people keep on wasting money subscribing to services like DirectTV to watch many programs they can get for free, including free over the air channels. They just fork out the cash.


13 posted on 01/25/2023 8:06:11 PM PST by Republican Wildcat
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To: Midwesterner53

Opportunity for Elon Musk to add a video broadcasting service to his Starlink.


14 posted on 01/25/2023 8:06:27 PM PST by UnwashedPeasant (The pandemic we suffer from is not COVID. It is Marxist Democrat Leftism.)
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To: Gene Eric

Has AT and T put money in the pot of Ron DeSantis? I don’t know where he got that 200 million is it? Gotta be big players.


15 posted on 01/25/2023 8:07:01 PM PST by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERBODY'S BUSINESS-REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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To: Midwesterner53

I believe the reason they cancelled Newsmax is to deprive President Trump of an audience, since Newsmax carries many of his rallies.


16 posted on 01/25/2023 8:10:02 PM PST by Fiji Hill
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(Fox, you are next)
Unlikely.
17 posted on 01/25/2023 8:25:37 PM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: SecondAmendment

Happens every year over one or more local channels or networks (ABC/NBC/CBS) and the big cable or satellite providers.

The particular network “goes dark” for a week or so until they settle for a lower payment.


18 posted on 01/25/2023 8:29:27 PM PST by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: Midwesterner53

We dumped ATT because of CNN. You should look into Starlink, Elons ISP system. I doubt they will dump FNC. Why would they? They are as bad as the rest 90% of the time.


19 posted on 01/25/2023 8:31:09 PM PST by gibsonguy
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(Fox, you are next)
If only.
Don't kid yourselves. ATT and never-Trump Murdoch News AKA Fox are of like minds.
20 posted on 01/25/2023 8:36:13 PM PST by lewislynn (Trump accomplished more in one term than any other President in your lifetime.)
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