WPIX Court Fight Ends As Nexstar, Comcast Settle

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In July 2021, the nation’s No. 1 owner of broadcast TV stations responded to a Petition for Declaratory Ruling submitted to the FCC on July 1 by Comcast that argued the company is in violation of the national broadcast cap for what it calls de facto control of WPIX-11 in New York.


How so? Nexstar Media Group filed an 11-page complaint in New York State Supreme Court — an action Nexstar said it was “forced” to do “because Comcast has flouted the terms of the parties’ retransmission consent agreement and refused to pay millions of dollars in fees owed to Nexstar.” Mitchell Kamin, Century City, Calif., based legal counsel at Covington & Burley LLP, took the driver’s seat in their legal war against the owner of Xfinity.

Now, 17 months later and rather quietly, “Nexstar recently settled outstanding litigation involving Comcast,” with word shared only today (12/20) by Nexstar.

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