What is DirectTV doing to keep NBC Channel 9 KUSA in Denver Colorado

We understand your concern about losing local stations, including Channel 9 NBC, for any period of time. We are working extra hard to get into an agreement with Tegna the owner of this channel as soon as possible. Likewise, we want to continue to work to deliver our customers greater choice and value while shielding them from unwarranted price hikes as we work with TEGNA. More: TVPromise.com DIRECTV appreciates your understanding. Maria, DIRECTV Community Specialist

All TV providers have the same problem, the corporations that own the local channels want more money.  The TV providers try to minimize it so less has to be passed down to their customers. 

DTV only raises the base cost yearly except this year they raised it early so you need to check your bills to see what caused the increase.

It seems that DirectTV just got Denver channel 2 and Fox channel 31 back online after a fairly long black out for customers. Now it’s channel 9. We switched from Comcast to DirectTV a few years ago because at the time it was a better value. That’s not so true anymore. The prices keep rising as the service becomes less reliable. Frustrating. 

Right, content providers keep raising their price so all TV providers have to raise their price.

All satellite, cable and streaming TV providers continue to battle greedy corporations that demand more and more money to deliver FREE off-air channels.

Check out this excellent video explaining why corporate network owners keep demanding more and more money from cable, satellite and streaming providers to deliver FREE off-air TV stations ....

"Local TV Station Blackouts to Happen More Ofter - Here's Why"

https://youtu.be/XXkmWUgllcc?si=eCzrWDxQaw7ncTR3

This is the precise reason we switched from Dish network to DirecTV. It is unethical in the extreme to end a local news service. Period. People rely on the news for numerous reasons, chief among them being safety and the watchdog component that protects democracy. If DirecTv were an ethical company, they would put a cap on public news station payments so that those stations would be able to continue to do their jobs effectively. Instead, DirecTv bends the knee to their shareholders, who shouldn’t be in the business of ending information people count on. Shame on DirecTv. 

@HeatherLafayette 

We get why you are upset, no one wants to deal with these carriage issues. However, it's now become inevitable in this world today where inflation as well as greed becomes a major part of the TV industry for companies such as Tegna.

detuch25

Oh please. DirecTV's greed is not inevitable. Why should everyone have to pay for the propaganda Fox News network when local news orgs that inform the public of important issues, including safety, are used as bargaining chips? DirecTv could choose to do the right thing and put a cap on local news payments, and not charge every customer for Fox News.

Also, nice job deleting my critical comment, and many others, from the public forum, too. Your company is unethical. 

How is DTV being greedy by trying to reduce the next increase?

@Juniper Do they pay you to insult their customers? 

@HeatherLafayette 

Did you watch the YouTube video that I linked earlier in this post?  It's very clear who the greedy parties are in these crazy contract disputes. Cable and satellite providers are dying because of these every-increasing costs. 

I am sorry, it benefits the local channels to be able to add 100,000+ viewers for their advertising charges, but to then go to Satellite and cable operators and demand more money to rebroadcast, Free over the air content, is ridiculous and as far as I am concerned they can continue to holdout against it.

I'm pretty sure it's greed on both sides. Direct TV will feel the brunt more as their customers have a contract with them, not Tegna.

There is no contract, you agreed to keep DTV for 1 or 2 years or pay a $20 per unused month fee.

@Juniper 

So, if 10 - 20% of market is (Edited per community guidelines) because they are missing a big game on NBC today, after they missed a big game on Fox last month, one that they were looking forward to watching for a while, and decides to go with Xfinity (Even though Xfinity has their own problems with Altitude sports,) how does that keep them from losing money? Probably a lot more than they would have lost negotiating. That's where the greed on both sides comes in. There should be more regulation in that industry that would prevent unusually high charges to the provider, but until then I would think DirecTV would need to hold on to their consumer base.