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The CW’s Enhanced Digital Rights Could Help Net Secure New Affiliate Agreements With Nexstar & Other Top Station Groups

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Five years ago, it came down to the wire as the CW finally secured a new five-year affiliate agreement with its biggest station group, Tribune, in May 2016.

Five years later, the network is in talks with Nexstar, which acquired Tribune un 2019, and its other top affiliate groups. The network does not appear to be closing in on a deal with any of them but talks are believed to be going well, I hear.The CW chairman and CEO Mark Pedowitz declined to discuss the state of renewal negotiations with major affiliates beyond saying that “we offer great value to them and II thinks they would recognize that.” A rep for Nexstar also declined comment.The CW currently provides its affiliate stations with close to 1,000 hours of programming a year at a

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