Circle City presses DIRECTV for deal involving WRTV, WISH-TV

Circle City presses DIRECTV for deal involving WRTV, WISH-TV

A booth for the ABC broadcast network at San Diego Comic-Con in 2018. (Photo by Gage Skidmore) The owner of several local television stations in Indianapolis says he is hopeful satellite and streaming provider DIRECTV will make a last-minute deal to carry all three of his outlets in order to maintain the privilege of offering subscribers programming from ABC. In a statement sent to a blog on Monday, Circle City Broadcasting owner DuJuan McCoy cl…

Blank Circle: WRTV Joins Two Siblings In DirecTV Carriage Drop

Updated at 7:25am Eastern An agreement wasn’t expected, and as the 8pm Eastern hour began on August 24, a segment of local television viewers in Indianapolis lost access to their local ABC Television Network affiliate. The reason? It’s all about the escalating disagreement between MVPDs and broadcast TV companies over what amounts to fair compensation in a retransmission consent accord. With hours to go before the previous carriage agreement, ne…