Genre Packs from DIRECTV

[Bruce]

Just noticed in my area, offering all 4 Local Networks (CBS, ABC, FOX, NBC) as part of My News Genre Pack, you would receive those, along with the main National News Channels ( except NewsNation) for $40 a month, DVR included , viewing on multiple TVs-no box fees.

 

[b4pjoe]

Just noticed in my area, offering all 4 Local Networks (CBS, ABC, FOX, NBC) as part of My News Genre Pack, you would receive those, along with the main National News Channels ( except NewsNation) for $40 a month, DVR included , viewing on multiple TVs-no box fees.

My Sinclair owned ABC local is not in either MyNews or MySports. Sinclair is paying hardball I guess. I thought streamers only have to negotiate with the networks and not station owners.

 

[Bruce]

My Sinclair owned ABC local is not in either MyNews or MySports. Sinclair is paying hardball I guess. I thought streamers only have to negotiate with the networks and not station owners.

If DirecTV was only a streaming service, like YTTV, then it would be just with the networks.

 

[b4pjoe]

If DirecTV was only a streaming service, like YTTV, then it would be just with the networks.

But their streaming service is only a streaming service. Why would also having a satellite service make them negotiate differently for their streaming service?

 

[Bruce]

But their streaming service is only a streaming service. Why would also having a satellite service make them negotiate differently for their streaming service?

Same company is the only answer I have.

Maybe if DirecTV spun off the streaming service into it's own company/corporation, without the satellite counterpart, then they could make the same deals as YTTV.

 

[harshness]

But their streaming service is only a streaming service. Why would also having a satellite service make them negotiate differently for their streaming service?

The desire to attain most-favored-nation status in carriage negotiations has often been a driving force. It isn't easy to do that if you only bring a couple of million households.

I doubt that the Genre Packs contribute mightily to the joy-joy from the content owner's viewpoint, as they don't promise wide carriage of all the channels in an owner's portfolio.

 

[KyL416]

More ABC, CBS and NBC affiliates are available in MySports:
Gray
Sinclair
Tegna
Scripps
Hearst
Cox
Graham
Allen Media
Hubbard
Sunbeam
Weigel
Capitol Broadcasting
News-Press & Gazette

The "Pending" affiliates on the chart are all Nexstar

 

[KyL416]

Mounumental Sports is now part of MyHome Team

 

[b4pjoe]

More ABC, CBS and NBC affiliates are available in MySports:
Gray
Sinclair
Tegna
Scripps
Hearst
Cox
Graham
Allen Media
Hubbard
Sunbeam
Weigel
Capitol Broadcasting
News-Press & Gazette

The "Pending" affiliates on the chart are all Nexstar

This post was almost a month ago and my Sinclair owned ABC affiliate is not included in the MySports Genre package.

The chart in the article says I should be able to get all 4 locals in the St. Louis DMA.

 

[KyL416]

Hallmark and AMC Networks are now part of the genre packs

AMC, BBC America, IFC, SundanceTV, WE TV and Hallmark Channel are now part of MyEntertainment
Hallmark Mystery and Hallmark Family are now part of the MyCinema add-on

BBC News was added to MyFree a few weeks ago, and several AMC Networks FAST channels starting testing two weeks ago


In 2026 the ad supported version of AMC+ will be coming to MyEntertainment and other base packages, while Shudder will be part of MyCinema