DirecTV urged Raycom to let DirecTV customers see opening...
DirecTV urged Raycom to let DirecTV customers see opening weekend NFL games and upcoming NCAA football games while the companies continue to negotiate a carriage deal. Raycom stations were pulled from DirecTV’s lineup this month due to a carriage negotiation…
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dispute (CD Sept 3 p17). DirecTV subscribers were to be able to view Thursday’s NFL opener at NBCSports.com, it said in a news release Thursday (http://bit.ly/1uoNokG). The direct broadcast satellite company said it was ready to compensate Raycom the final price that the parties agree upon for the days its customers are permitted to see Sunday’s NBC, CBS or Fox NFL coverage, and the NCAA games that took place over the weekend. Raycom offered Thursday to make the games available to DirecTV customers, “but DirecTV turned us down,” said Susana Schuler, Raycom senior vice president. “We're doing all we can to bring the local stations back,” she said in an interview. It’s unfortunate that DirecTV refused the offer, but “we remain hopeful that DirecTV will put their subscribers first and do the right thing, so viewers will see NCAA and NFL games this weekend,” Raycom said Thursday in a news release.