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Optimum CEO discusses potential divestitures for Nexstar-Tegna deal with US FCC

By Wesley Brown ( March 3, 2026, 19:35 GMT | Insight) -- Optimum Communications Chairman and chief executive Dennis Matthew met with US Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr, Media Bureau Chief Erin Boone and an advisor to Commissioner Olivia trusty to discuss potential mitigations for broadcast mergers, including Nexstar’s proposed acquisition of Tegna. Matthew discussed measures relating to retransmission consent rate increase clauses, FCC rules on sidecar agreements, requiring divestitures at local levels if triopolies are present and rules that prevent providers from substituting broadcast signals during blackoutsOptimum Communications Chairman and chief executive Dennis Matthew met with US Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr, Media Bureau Chief Erin Boone and an advisor to Commissioner Olivia trusty to discuss potential mitigations for broadcast mergers, including Nexstar’s proposed acquisition of Tegna....

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