Miami WPLG & ABC parting ways & WSVN becomes new ABC affiliate putting it on its 7.2 subchannel while maintaining FOX

[Mr Tony]

Posting this in both Dish and Directv forums

WPLG-TV parts ways with ABC television network

After nearly 69 years, WPLG-TV and the ABC television network are breaking up.

www.local10.com

Disney Entertainment and Sunbeam Television Corporation announce new home for the ABC television network in the South Florida market - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports | Fort Lauderdale

Disney Entertainment and Sunbeam Television Corporation today announced a new affiliation agreement that will bring ABC’s top-rated and award-winning lineup of network shows, live sports<a class="excerpt-read-more"...

wsvn.com

Not happening until august. ABC leaving channel 10 and moving to 7-2

 

[Mr Tony]

WPLG Miami Announces News Expansion

WPLG Miami Announces News Expansion

WPLG (Local 10), Berkshire Hathaway’s television station in Miami-Fort Lauderdale, said today that on Aug. 4, the station will go from producing 56 hours of live news and sports programming to 93 hours each week. The change follows news a week ago that Disney is moving WPLG’s former ABC...

tvnewscheck.com

 

[KyL416]

For those who haven't been following along, WSVN struck a deal to have a simulcast on WDFL-LD/18.1, so the new ABC Miami 18 will be on DIRECTV channel 18.

Since ABC handles the streaming carriage on behalf of their affiliates, and WPLG has no sister stations to get their foot in the door as an independent, DTV Stream, Hulu, YouTubeTV and Fubo will be dropping them. They will still be available to DTV Satellite customers on channel 10.

 

[KyL416]

DIRECTV Stream might be keeping WPLG. I spotted a feed of WPLG that isn't coming from the ABC API testing on the stream server, and their FAQ no longer mentions DTV Stream dropping it, just Hulu, Fubo and YouTubeTV