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The CW Channel
Just last season I was able to watch The flash All American Star girl Lois and Superman I was able to watch all these on the CW channel is all I did was going to research button look those shows up and I was able to watch them following day wasn't watching the day of the aired but the next day I could watch him now all the sudden I can't watch any of them I can get any of the shows why is this
litzdog911
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3 years ago
What streaming device do you have?
If DirecTV Stream doesn't provide your CW channel, you can stream those shows from the CW App or OnDemand.
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Jrandomuser
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3 years ago
It appears that DTV and the CW may be having a round of unpleasantness right now - there is nothing showing in on-demand and there have been several reports of CW locals that had been working not doing so. Oddly, I haven't seen any public reports of contract issues. However, the CW fairly recently got a new owner (Nexstar) who at least at points in the past appeared to have issues with DTV (or AT&T), so maybe? There also appear to be far fewer episodes of things on the CW app than I remember in the past - I don't know if that's related to the Nexstar takeover.
Nexstar recently said that up to this point the CW was spending way more per program hour than the other broadcast nets (and losing money). They indicated that they planned to become much more cost effective network, with the plan to be profitable by 2025. They would do this by targeting a broader (and older) demographic, and making their programming much cheaper, by dropping almost all of their existing content going forward (most has already been turfed) in favor of having mostly unscripted ("reality") and syndicated programming, plus some sports (initially LIV golf). So it's not clear whether for most current CW fans not getting it will matter by next season.
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litzdog911
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3 years ago
No issues with our CW station here in Seattle.
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Juniper
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3 years ago
From a quick search looks like DirecTV is suing Nexstar, Mission, and White Knight. If your CW is owned by Nexstar that might be affecting it.
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Jrandomuser
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3 years ago
I was assuming that would be connected with the fact that the CW on-demand disappeared, but there's been no public statement, and as noted some CW locals are still active. So perhaps Nexstar is keeping their ownership of the network at some length from their ownership of a bunch of network affiliates? Though that doesn't explain the on-demand situation.
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Juniper
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3 years ago
Apparently a big part of the situation is Nexstar's reach of control, using partners to further manipulate carriage negotiations. So I wouldn't be surprised if some access is in flux while big corporate babies over at the networks throw their tantrum. But that is just an expectation from previous issues with them, as I don't know for sure if that is the cause.
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