Nexstar: DirecTV has made no effect to resolve

So are you going to change providers again when it is their turn with Nexstar?  Read their TOS and you will probably find the same clause as DTV "channels and programing are subject to change at anytime."  What do you think causes all TV providers cost go up its those channels wanting more money to be carried.

I'll move providers as much as I feel will be necessary,honestly. Just like them, I'm in this for me and the cheapest cost. See how that works both ways? If DirecTv isn't helping the customers, can't say I have much desire to stay loyal to them either 

Most of your points are fair and understandable. However you say DirecTV isn't helping the customer. How is Nexstar helping you?

TV providers (DirecTV and otherwise) can only minimize the costs increases. The network owners still succeed in their rate hikes. The TV provider's costs go up than so do our bills to help offset as they cannot absorb the entirety of it. Simple economics there.

So it would be more loyal to the customer to accept the rate hike which increases our bills that much more? Some may be that desperate for their locals (which are free over the regular airways instead), but I am not.

Dish has been in a dispute with Nexstar since Jan. and no longer carries RSN.  Disney and Spectrum are also in a dispute.  The same as DTV minimize the cost increase.

I respect that a regular antenna doesn't work for all. That makes these situations that much more annoying. Wish we could al-a-carte locals in from elsewhere, or perhaps just the feed straight from the network (so the shows, but without anything local specific), but that is not allowed per Federal regulations as won by the local affiliate stations.

I would not rely on that $60 discount. Plan for it to end and not be available again. Discounts aren't straight up renewable, they just go over what discounts are available when you call in and ask. And their CEO has pulled back discounts per examples like yours where too much has been given out. So people are starting to see bills reflecting what the actual cost is as DirecTV cannot continue to absorb what the consumer cannot afford.

At $170 I highly doubt you have a low ("basic") package. I would double check that as they have Family, Select, Entertainment, Choice, Xtra (or Preferred Xtra), Ultimate, Premier. Verify the channels you watch and see if a lower costing one is a better fit. All packages include the same access to locals. DirecTV Packages & Channel Lineup

Dish is in their current dispute with Nexstar as well. Negotiations between TV providers and the channel owners don't necessarily happen at the same time, though in this case those two did overlap. So right now is DirecTV's and Dish Network's turn. Local affiliates have been pulling the feed more often in recent years, so it appears it will just keep getting worse (with all providers) until there is a change in the industry/updated Federal regulations on those local stations.

TV providers afford by raising our bills accordingly. Remember the annual price adjustment takes into account all negotiations that have completed so far. How much more are you willing to pay just for Nexstar owned channels? That will have a different answer from each viewer.

@Juniper fair enough, but like I said, as rude and selfish as this sounds? I'm in this for me and only me. I'm not after the greater good of DirecTV subscribers nor the company themselves. If anyone wants to be a cheerleader for them and remain unwaivering loyal, that's their right entirely. But I'm like a dog: I'm loyal as long as you feed me. When the meals comes up short, I'll hit the street. That's where we are here with DirecTV and any of these disputes because lets face it: Nexstar is just ONE of many they've had including the one against Viacom that went on far longer than it should've. And the last I checked? Viacom isn't some small areal market group rather a major player in the game. So this proves this isn't anything new and when we add up the fact like you said, that DirecTv is willing to start suspending discounts for long term customers to increase their profits: then I think it's pretty it's clear who is the problem here, no?

If it's come to a point where broadcasting is just not profitable for them any longer, then fold.

Yes we are all in this for ourselves, including the TV providers and channel owners. As much as I would like a better situation for the "greater good", in the end the highest priority is my own which is why I side against Nexstar's higher rates.

No cheerleader here and I don't have the blind loyalty that is implied. Simply put, Nexstar getting what they want goes against what works for me. Wouldn't matter what TV provider I have.

Yes Dogs go by instinct and what is directly in front them. But as human beings we can see a larger picture. If that larger picture doesn't matter for someone, fair enough.

Viacom was one of the worst. They own the Nickelodeon channels so were banking on taking people's babysitters away. They tried it again a 2nd time but that one resolved a bit quicker. Even AMC used the scare tactic with that same scrawl message across the screen when they might have pulled in the middle of The Walking Dead's very popular season at the time. Don't think it actually pulled, but they did upset the consumer base at the time.

Be it Nexstar, AMC, Viacom, Tegna, Mission, etc. it all comes down to carriage negotiations that revolve around cost. Channel owners want to raise their revenue, TV providers want to mitigate that. Neither side is directly on behalf of the customer, but balking against rate hikes should work in our favor in the long run. Then there are those who don't care how much more they have to pay as long as they have their locals, a view I just cannot get behind.

The pullback of discounts is more about not losing money. When you have discounts around the cost of a base package or higher, that is too much. A business must remain profitable. They are not a charity. A discount should be a temporary perk, nice to have when available but never relied on. The harsh reality is that if someone cannot afford a service without discounts, they cannot afford it and it is their financial responsibility to make the right choice. It is not just costs raising for the customer, but the business as well which is why our costs have gone up over the years. It is not just on one side.

We were in the same boat with DirectTV and Nextstar.  We switched to YouTubeTV and get all local stations and basically everything we were getting from Direct for 30% of what we had paid. We are extremely happy.

@tcort1234 

At least until YouTube goes through the same contract negotiation issue. 

@tcort1234  If you are so happy with your new service why are you trolling around in the Directv Forum then.  You just wait you may have all your locals now but wait for their next negotations and see what happens.

Funny Nexstar in New York QVC is on but not PIX11.

QVC and all shopping channels pay the providers to be carried.

Re: the comment about "Nexstar not helping customers either." The OP is a DirecTV customer, not a Nextstar customer. The bill comes from DirecTV. DirecTV is a customer of Nexstar. If they can't work out a deal with them, that means that they are actually paying ZERO in carriage fees for their channels. This translates to a cost savings to DirecTV, and in turn a lower level of service to DirecTV's customers who lost Nexstar channels. Thus, DirecTV should be lowering the bills of those customers to pass on their own cost savings, compensating for the customers' loss of service. Do they do that? Of course not. Rather, they simply bank the extra profit and hope too many of those customers don't leave.

While you are correct, how long is Nextstar going to lose money and agree to the middle ground between the DTV offer and Nexstar's asking price and then DTV starts paying more for it.  DTV is a satellite TV service so long as they are providing one channel there is no lose of service.