Loss of channels

If we dont get our local channel back as soon as my contract is over i am cancel it

My promise to you

If we dont get our local channel back I am canceling at the end of my contract

Knoxville Tennessee, also lost a local t.v. station, it's disgraceful. For what we pay for U verse? I suppose the workings have failed, and we are paying for a station that we no longer get. It's local, what's the problem? 

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@mitch326m wrote:

Well 911 I realize that all service providers go through this. But when the competitor can give me the same service for $100 less a month for three yrs. And by the way even without the 3 yr discount its still cheaper by $30 for the same service. What would you do then! stick with ATT? Well I'm trying to hold down costs also.

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If the economics justify a switch, then switch. I'm just saying that all providers go through this mess, so switching won't help, at least not for long. 

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@mkat767 wrote:

i am disappointed that cbs programming has been pulled.  The individual fees for service are high, so pls work quickly to resolve your contract with Nexstar.  thank you

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Here we go again 😞

Realize that the corporation that owns the stations pulled your channel, not DirecTV. This is an all too common negotiating tactic used by these corporations to extort more money from TV service providers.  None are immune, so even switching providers won't help.

You will need to use an off-air antenna until they allow DirecTV to provide them again. If you can receive the station with an off-air antenna, this is a good time to request DirecTV’s Local Channel Connector (if you have HR44/HR54). It’s free. And some folks are getting a credit on their account, too. Call DirecTV …. 1 800 531 5000 
 
You'll also want to contact the corporation that owns these stations. Request that they allow DirecTV to continue carrying them while negotiations continue. And ask them why providers like Dish, DirecTV and Comcast must pay them anything when they get to use our public airwaves for FREE?!?  After all, these service providers increase their overall viewership and advertising revenue.  They're shooting themselves in the foot!
 
The FCC and Congress could easily fix this. Just allow service providers to deliver an out-of-area station when local stations get greedy. But I fear that the broadcast TV lobby is too powerful to ever let that happen.

This time, it's AT&T and Nextstar causing the hostage taking of 79 local stations around the country. Next time, it'll be Spectrum and the time after that, Dish. The root cause of the problem is that the government has granted these stations monopoly status over network television in their individual markets. I don't give a crap if I can't see the local programming on my local affiliate. I can get local news in a hundred other places. It's the network programming that we care about. 

Here's my suggestion. Call your congressman and senators and get them to kill the government monopoly that grants these licenses. They are being abused. In my home town of Columbus, we now have the second blackout of a major affiliate in 3 years. Changing providers solves nothing as other providers also get blacked out from time to time. You have to change the rules and only congress can do that. 

Time for legislative advocacy. Thanks for reading. 

Hi @MandyM1975, 

AT&T's agreements with programmers expire from time to time. We are usually able to obtain renewals or extensions of such agreements, but in rare cases we may be required to cease carriage of channels. We are disappointed to see Nexstar put you into the middle of negotiations by choosing to remove its local stations from your lineup. Click here to see how we’re fighting for you: https://soc.att.com/2TkYCrx.

Lafayette, AT&T Community Specialist

If this contract dispute is not resolved very, very, very quickly, I will be looking for new service providers for ALL my services: Cable, internet, phone, and security.