After reaching an agreement with the television giant, Newsmax’s 13 million customers can once again turn on the channel.
Newsmax, which claims to reach 25 million Americans each week, was dropped by DirecTV in January, citing the cable company’s Right-wing political leanings as the reason. AT&T-owned DirecTV initially claimed that it dropped Newsmax due to failed carriage negotiations, but then announced on Wednesday that the companies had finally reached an agreement, according to CNBC.
“This resolution with Newsmax, resolving an all-too-common carriage dispute, underscores our dedication to delivering a wide array of programming and perspectives to our customers,” DirecTV CEO Bill Morrow said in a statement.
Newsmax CEO Christopher Ruddy, who previously accused DirecTV of “political discrimination and censorship,” expressed gratitude for the new deal with the cable company, which aided in the launch of the network in 2014.
“Newsmax recognizes and appreciates that DirecTV clearly supports diverse voices, including conservative ones,” Ruddy said. “As a standalone company, DirecTV helped give Newsmax its start nearly a decade ago as it continues to do with upcoming news networks, which is why we are pleased to reach a mutually beneficial agreement that will deliver our network to DirecTV, DirecTV STREAM and U-verse customers over the next several years.”
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After DirecTV dropped Newsmax in January, Republican senators penned a letter asking DirecTV to explain the decision, which “deeply disturbed” them. Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Mike Lee (R-UT), and Tom Cotton (R-AR) wrote that DirecTV’s decision to drop Newsmax coincided with the revelation of “collusion between Big Tech companies and Democrat officials.” Conservative viewpoints were labeled “misinformation” and censored as a result of this collusion, the senators claimed.
“The silencing of conservative speech at the request of government officials is a direct assault on free speech and a threat to democracy,” the letter said.
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Those on the right claimed that by dropping Newsmax, DirecTV was attempting to silence conservative speech, and pointed to the cable company’s decision last spring to drop One America News Network, another Right-wing news channel. DirecTV informed OAN that it would not renew its contract with the network after being pressured by some on the Left to drop OAN due to “misinformation” about COVID and the 2020 presidential election.
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