The KXLY-TV carriage agreement with DIRECTV expires at 9 p.m. tonight, Friday, March 6. While we wish to avoid a disruption in your DIRECTV service, without an agreement or extension, DIRECTV could choose to remove our programming from its lineup.
We don’t want to leave you in the dark.
Call DIRECTV now and tell them you want to keep KXLY-TV at 1-866-852-1310.
You can always reach us for free with an over-the-air antenna and we encourage you to do so. However, we cannot allow DIRECTV to resell our programming without a fair agreement. We have agreements with all other cable and satellite providers in our area and we have offered DIRECTV terms competitive with the current marketplace.
Q. What will we be missing if KXLY-TV s not available on DIRECTV? We produce more than 30 hours of local news news each week covering the issues important to Spokane, Coeur d’Alene and the surrounding communities. In addition, we broadcast ABC’s award-winning and highly-rated news, sports and entertainment programming including NBA basketball, American Idol, The Oscars, High Potential, 9-1-1 and The Bachelorette just to name a few.
Q. Does this include DIRECTV stream?
Yes, if you watch KXLY-TV through DIRECTV’s streaming service, this outage will affect you too.
Q. How can I stream your local news on my TV?
The easiest option is to download the KXLY+ app for your connected TV or mobile device. There you will find all our local newscasts live and on demand. It works on Roku, FireTV, AppleTV, Android TV or on your phone. And it’s all FREE to download and FREE to use.
Q. What are my other options for getting WISC-TV programming?
All cable and satellite providers other than DIRECTV will continue to carry KXLY-TV without interruption. Other providers that carry KXLY-TV programming include:
Xfinity: Xfinity.com
Spectrum: Spectrum.com
TDS: Tdstelecom.com
Northland: Northland.net
Cableone: Cableone.biz
Davis Communications: Daviscomm.net
LocalTel: Localtel.com
We have additional agreements with major streaming services like YouTubeTV, Hulu + Live TV, FuboTV and others.
Other local and regional systems.
Q. When will this be resolved?
We are committed to continuing negotiations and finding a fair resolution as quickly as possible. In the meantime, we will continue to provide updates for you here on our website and you can email us at befair@kxly.com
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