Viewers Deprived of Critical National and Local News, Important Weather Updates, College and NFL Football, Following Verizon FIOS’ Removal of Nexstar Local TV Stations in Ten Markets and National Cable News Network NewsNation

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Viewers Deprived of Critical National and Local News, Important Weather Updates, College and NFL Football, Following Verizon FIOS’ Removal of Nexstar Local TV Stations in Ten Markets and National Cable News Network NewsNation

IRVING, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Tonight at 12 a.m. ET, Verizon FiOS removed from its cable systems the network and local community programming provided to nearly three million of its subscribers by 13 local television stations owned by Nexstar Media Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXST) (“Nexstar”). Verizon FiOS is refusing to […]

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