CBS has said publicly that it priced All Access much higher to capitalize on customers it can capture from cable, satellite or other means of distribution. CBS continues to demand unprecedented increases even as CBS advances content on CBS All Access instead of on its local broadcast stations. RELATED: Soap vet Vincent Irrizary joins B&BĪT&T responded with its own version of events via a statement: "CBS is a repeat blackout offender.
"While we continue to negotiate in good faith and hope that AT&T agrees to fair terms soon, this loss of CBS programming could last a long time." "This is just the latest example in AT&T's long and clear track record of letting its consumers pay the price for its aggressive tactics to get programmers to accept below market terms," CBS said in a statement over the weekend. In addition, CBS Sports Network has gone dark nationally from DirecTV and DirecTV Now, and Smithsonian Channel is down on DirecTV.
Affected markets include New York, L.A., Chicago, Philadelphia, Dallas, San Francisco, Boston, Atlanta, Tampa, Seattle, Detroit, Minneapolis, Miami, Denver, Sacramento, Pittsburgh, and Baltimore, and 117 CBS stations and affiliates on DirecTV Now. What happened, and is the change permanent?Ī battle between CBS stations and AT&T-owned DirecTV, DirecTV Now, and U-verse cable systems ensued after carriage contracts between the entities expired on Friday at 11PM PST, which led to the blackout, reports Deadline. Viewers who use AT&T U-verse or DirecTV to watch CBS, including soaps The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful, have found that the station and the shows are no longer on their lineup.
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