{"id":601535,"date":"2023-01-26T12:56:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-26T18:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/26\/directv-adds-conservative-network-the-first-to-lineup-after-dropping-newsmax\/"},"modified":"2023-01-26T12:56:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-26T18:56:00","slug":"directv-adds-conservative-network-the-first-to-lineup-after-dropping-newsmax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/26\/directv-adds-conservative-network-the-first-to-lineup-after-dropping-newsmax\/","title":{"rendered":"DirecTV Adds Conservative Network \u2018The First\u2019 to Lineup After Dropping Newsmax"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\tDirecTV<\/a> is adding a new conservative network to its lineup, one day after it stopped carrying Newsmax and faced pushback from Republican lawmakers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tThe TV provider said on Thursday it had signed a multi-year agreement with The First, which features shows by Dana Loesch and Bill O\u2019Reilly, to carry the network for free across its three video services. DirecTV had said it was dropping Newsmax after the network<\/a> asked for rate increases and pointed to other platforms that carried it for free.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tThe heads of Newsmax pushed back against the decision, with CEO Christopher Ruddy calling the network\u2019s removal \u201ca blatant act of political discrimination and censorship.\u201d Republican lawmakers echoed that sentiment, writing in a letter that DirecTV was \u201cactively working to limit conservative viewpoints on its system.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cDIRECTV values different viewpoints and perspectives and will always work to preserve expansive choice among a wide variety of entertainment and information services to appeal to the unique tastes and interests of our diverse customer base,\u201d Rob Thun, chief content officer at DirecTV said in a statement about the new deal. \u201cAs we\u2019ve successfully done with other emerging channels, we look forward to helping The First continue to expand its audience reach, while constantly ensuring that our customers receive a strong value.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe First, which launched Paramount\u2019s Pluto TV in October 2019, has daily programs including Loesch\u2019s The Dana Show<\/em>, The Liz Wheeler Show<\/em>, No Spin News with Bill O\u2019Reilly<\/em> and I\u2019m Right with Jesse Kelly<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tDirecTV also carries Fox News, with the company noting that its added Fox News\u2019 streaming service Fox Nation to their subscription video-on-demand service last March. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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DirecTV is adding a new conservative network to its lineup, one day after it stopped carrying Newsmax and faced pushback from Republican lawmakers.\u00a0 The TV provider said on Thursday it had signed a multi-year agreement with The First, which features shows by Dana Loesch and Bill O\u2019Reilly, to carry the network for free across its […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":601536,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[768,28795,534],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-601535","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-conservative","8":"category-directv","9":"category-financial"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=601535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601535\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/601536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=601535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=601535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=601535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}