My local ABC

Disney and Mission are two different companies. So your local will remain gone indefinitely.

DirecTV hasn't given up on negotiations with Mission, but they are at a long-time standstill. If that ever changes there will be information around, but so far don't expect anything in the near future.

Why is DirecTV claiming on their tvpromise.com page that there are no channel disruptions in my area when they know for a fact that my local FOX channel has been gone for almost 2 years due to its dispute with Mission Broadcasting?

@TruthTime 

Normally even with a long standoff like Mission there would be a simple message acknowledging it.

What is your zip code, county, and do you know your local FOX call letters for the affiliate owner?

Yes, you are correct. They used to indicate that they were trying to reach a resolution but now it just says that there are no channel disruptions in my area. I am in the Albany, NY area and the FOX channel is WXXA. 

Ugh they have a shared agreement with Nexstar.

My best guess is the updates to the Disney situation overrode the existing one for local affiliate. It seems they should get that updated, but with it being almost 2 years it may be the thought that all current customers are aware and new ones are not going to see the channel listed as an option in the first place.

I'll try to put some feelers out on this to see if we consumers can get clarification. Outside of that, no news means no change is my perspective.

I hear you loud and clear. I obviously don’t have any information about the dispute with Mission, but it almost seems to me like DirecTV has just decided to move on and is no longer even trying to get the Mission channels back. I only say that because, like I mentioned, there used to be something mentioned on tvpromise but now there is nothing, in addition to the fact that the local channel no longer even appears on my DirecTV guide. Instead of seeing a message when you go to that channel about how they are trying to work things out, the channel has now just been removed altogether. Not a good situation if you ask me. To be honest, I’m not sure how much longer I am willing to stick with DirecTV, and I have been with them for 25 years. I totally get that these carriage disputes can happen with all providers, but it sure seems like they happen a lot more frequently with DirecTV these days. 

DTV like most TV providers buys the guide data from a third party guide maker so they are the ones that removed it from DTVs guide as the channel is most likely no longer sending it to them.

@shannon02 

I’m sure you are right about that, but with all of DTV’s other disputes (and there have been many) this has never happened before. And it wasn’t happening with the Mission dispute either until just recently. 

I mean, it’s one thing to simply not mention the Mission dispute on the tvpromise page, but it’s another story altogether when you affirmatively state that there are no channel disruptions going on when you know for a fact that is untrue.

There is a difference from a disruption and just not available. I wouldn't be surprised if DirecTV simply leaves the door open for Mission to come back with a new offer, but that negotiations aren't active (just not off the table). So may come down to technically what that means.

But hopefully we will get the current official status. However no mater how "active" the talks may be, the channel is gone indefinitely. This is where I always suggest trying an over-the-air (OTA) antenna. get whatever locals are in range no matter what pay TV provider you have. In general we don't go to pay TV for our locals but what our locals aren't providing.

@Juniper 

Thanks so much for your insight. It’s much appreciated.