Last week, Nexstar’s Chief Operating Officer Tom Carter said affiliate revenue from Fubo TV was small compared to cable, satellite and other services, but said the principle of the matter made the dispute with Fubo TV and Paramount Global worth it. That element was at the center of the dispute that saw Fubo TV pull nearly 200 CBS affiliates in late January, replacing those stations with a national feed of CBS programming, which has been offered ever since. Less clear is whether the potential deal includes allowing independent station owners to negotiate carriage of their signals on streaming services, as they do with traditional cable and satellite companies. There were few specific details about the proposed agreement, but it reportedly includes sports fees and advertisement inventory units for local CBS affiliate owners, which includes Nexstar Media Group, Sinclair Broadcast Group, TEGNA, Hearst Television, Allen Media Group, Gray Television, Cox Media Group and others. The proposed deal, first reported on Friday by Broadcasting & Cable, would also prevent a dispute with Google’s YouTube TV and the Walt Disney Company’s Hulu with Live TV, and keep hundreds of CBS affiliates on Paramount’s own flagship streaming service, Paramount Plus.

The board comprised of independent CBS affiliate station owners has signaled its approval for a deal with the network’s parent company Paramount Global that could end a carriage dispute involving streaming service Fubo TV. (Photo via Wikimedia Commons, Graphic by The Desk)

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