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(Reuters) - U.S. satellite broadcaster DirecTV said on Friday it will drop far-right channel One America News (OAN) from its service when its contract expires, in a blow to the popular news network.
AT&T has a 70% stake in DirecTV, after last year spinning off the satellite service, now an independently managed company. OAN, which rose to prominence amid the triumph and tumult of the ...
Progressive groups, which have lobbied companies to drop OAN, lauded DirecTV's decision. "The network is a known perpetrator of disinformation and extremism, fueling real-world violence and ...
One America News Network (OANN), also known as One America News (OAN), is a far-right, [17] pro-Trump [26] cable channel founded by Robert Herring Sr. and owned by Herring Networks, Inc., that launched on July 4, 2013. [31] The network is headquartered in San Diego, California, and operates news bureaus in Washington, D.C., and New York City.
Fox News Channel (Fox News) launched on October 7, 1996, and was formed under the ownership of News Corporation (founded by Australian-born media mogul Rupert Murdoch), the fifth largest media company in the United States behind Sony, the original Viacom (now Paramount Global), Time Warner (now Warner Bros. Discovery), The Walt Disney Company, Seagram (now NBCUniversal) and MGM.
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PrimeStar was an American direct broadcast satellite broadcasting company formed in November 1990 by seven cable television companies including Comcast Corp. and TCI Communications Corp. [1] PrimeStar was the first medium-powered DBS system in the United States but slowly declined in popularity with the arrival of DirecTV in 1994 and Dish Network in 1996.
The ABC and ESPN blackout on DirecTV — affecting nearly 11 million homes — comes during a busy sports calendar with college football, the NFL and the U.S. Open tennis tournament.