Just three months after one Salt Lake City television station returned to DirecTV after a long absence, two others have been removed.
ABC affiliate KTVX-Channel 4 and CW affiliate KUCW-Channel 30 disappeared from the satellite provider’s lineup at 10 p.m. on Tuesday when their owner, Nexstar Media Group, was unable to reach an agreement with DirecTV.
As is almost always the case in these disputes, Nexstar claims that DirecTV is refusing to pay it what its stations are worth; DirecTV is claiming that Nexstar wants to overcharge, and that it would be forced to pass those costs along to its subscribers.