Don’t look so down, conservative DirecTV subscribers: The satellite-tv provider has already replaced Newsmax with another right-wing cable news channel.
The First, a conservative-leaning opinion and commentary network that boasts former Fox News host Bill O’Reilly and former NRA spokesperson Dana Loesch, takes over Newsmax’s vacated Channel 349 on DirecTV and Channel 1220 on AT&T U-verse “very soon,” DirecTV said on January 27.
There will be no additional fees for subscribers, and a person with knowledge of the deal told IndieWire the parties struck “essentially” the same agreement that was on the table for Newsmax. It will be available for free to DirecTV, DirecTV Stream and U-verse customers as part of a multi-year deal.
This marks the first time The First has been made available outside of streaming. It initially launched on Paramount’s Pluto TV in 2019, where it will remain in Fast form. The person with knowledge said the...
The First, a conservative-leaning opinion and commentary network that boasts former Fox News host Bill O’Reilly and former NRA spokesperson Dana Loesch, takes over Newsmax’s vacated Channel 349 on DirecTV and Channel 1220 on AT&T U-verse “very soon,” DirecTV said on January 27.
There will be no additional fees for subscribers, and a person with knowledge of the deal told IndieWire the parties struck “essentially” the same agreement that was on the table for Newsmax. It will be available for free to DirecTV, DirecTV Stream and U-verse customers as part of a multi-year deal.
This marks the first time The First has been made available outside of streaming. It initially launched on Paramount’s Pluto TV in 2019, where it will remain in Fast form. The person with knowledge said the...
- 1/27/2023
- by Tony Maglio and Brian Welk
- Indiewire Television
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