Losing Verizon after losing DirecTV may be a 'death blow' for OAN: report

[Norbert]

One America News (OAN) was dealt another major blow when Verizon announced that it would quit carrying the far-right cable news channel on its FiOS service, effective this Saturday, July 30. This comes after OAN being dropped by AT&T;’s DirecTV in April.

Journalists Jeremy W. Peters and Benjamin Mullin, in an article published by the New York Times on July 26, stresses that between Verizon and DirectTV, OAN has lost access to millions of potential viewers. DirecTV has around 15 million subscribers, while Verizon FiOS has around 3.5 million.

“OAN’s remaining audience will be small,” Peters and Mullin explain. “The network will soon be available only to a few hundred thousand people who subscribe to smaller cable providers, such as Frontier and GCI Liberty, said Scott Robson, a senior research analyst at S&P; Global Market Intelligence. OAN also sells its programming directly to users through its OAN Live and KlowdTV streaming platforms, but those products most likely provide a fraction of the revenue generated by traditional TV providers.

By losing Verizon, the Times reporters note, OAN has lost a “a major stream of revenue: the fees it collects from Verizon.” Robson told the Times, “I really think this is the death blow for the network.”...

Thoughts and prayers.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/losing-verizon-after-losing-directv-may-be-a-death-blow-for-oan-report/ar-AA109arw?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=a58ff5c95633404b8a94ac0129a2da03

[mgardener]

1. My sentiments exactly

Thoughts and prayers.

[usaf-vet]

9. Does that mean millions of GOP RW lies won't be received but will fall on deaf ears?

[denbot]

2. Can someone pull together a sad trombone sound?

I'm not sure how..

[PJMcK]

4. Here ya go!

[denbot]

7. Oh yeah, that's the stuff!

Thanks PJMcK.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

3. The trouble is that 2 phone companies can make that big a difference.

[MissMillie]

8. Yep. I'm no fan of OAN, but we have to recognize this as a problem

When 2 companies have that much power over the decision of what people can or can't see, it's an issue.

Hell, you can't even get live PBS stations on any of the free streaming services.

[oldsoftie]

14. Well you can still get it, it'll just take a bit more effort.

Its like trump screaming about getting tossed from twitter; if you WANT to hear what he has to say you still can, its just not as simple as twitter.
Or, some billionaire can give them their own platform. like billionaire trump!

[JHB]

21. That's been true for a very long time

Another way of looking at this is "OANN is now thrust into the same situation that attempts at liberal outlets have face right from their starting gate: No sugar-daddy execs handing them access." They have to struggled their entire time with limited reach and a "hand to mouth" existence.

[SKKY]

5. Womp Womp...

...Bye Felicia

[Wounded Bear]

6. They say that like it's a bad thing...

[Ford_Prefect]

10. Next we need to NEWSY off the broadcast channels for regional stations.

Our local CBS affiliate KPAX recently ADDED Newsy to their regional lineup as a separate digital broadcast channel. They are far more obviously a propaganda network than is FOX and very clearly take the Russian line on issues like Ukraine and international sanctions.

[area51]

11. OAN anchor begs liberals to help them

Article here

Homophobic anchor Alison Steinberg: "If you love freedom, if you love the ability to speak your mind, to believe in whatever it is you believe in, to marry whoever you want to marry, or for heaven’s sake, even have the ability to identify as whatever furry creature you’ve made up or whatever pronoun you’ve convinced yourself is your reality, well, then we all must come together now and put an end to this. I know its hard for you leftists to wrap your brains around this fact, but if they can cancel us conservatives, they will inevitably come for you too…It is absolutely crucial that, for once, we defy the powers that be, we all come together, set aside our differences in a unified effort so that we can recognize the horrifying danger that lies ahead. If you’re watching this, and you’re laughing and scoffing because you think you’re immune to what’s coming, you just wait. Enjoy your freedoms while you’ve still got ’em."

[unweird]

15. Now that's funny

Oughta go on tour with that comedy act.

[FoxNewsSucks]

24. "they will inevitably come for you too"

What dumbasses. They came for the leftists FIRST.

Such crybabies. They cancelled Air America before the stupid phrase "cancel culture" was even invented.

There is really no main-stream liberal media, and hasn't been since Air America. There are numerous podcasts, and video channels, but those are watched/listened to by already-agreeing audiences that subscribe. The general public won't go to the effort of looking up, subscribing or paying for that.

The only easily available media is either rightwing, like AM radio and Fox, or corporate-approved like MSNBC

[CaptainTruth]

26. He needs to tell Ron DeSantis...

...as he wages a culture war & "cancels" everything he doesn't like in Florida.

[JHB]

27. "I know its hard for you leftists to wrap your brains around this fact"...

Yes, even when begging for money, they can't stop themselves from slapping liberals in the face.

..."but if they can cancel us conservatives, they will inevitably come for you too."

You don't get it, do you, sweetie? Welcome to Liberalville. We've been "cancelled" for decades. No liberal sugar-daddies who invest in and promote liberal POV networks. You're just finding out what we've been dealing with all along.

[frogmarch]

12. Wait for it...

pretty soon theyll be screaming, "No fair! They stoled are freedom of speech!"

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

13. Wait! I haven't had a chance to check out OAN yet.

Oh, well, my loss, I'm sure.

[Xavier Breath]

16. This is the best "Death Blow" reference

since that episode of Seinfeld.

[paleotn]

17. Womp womp.

[richdj25]

18. I have a Verizon Subscription and

their message to me, and sure other subscribers, was it came down to economics, whereas OAN wasn't willing to pay any increases affiliated with the renewal. Can't see Verizon dumping OAN over their right-wing ideology. You know how those guy's roll.

[kimbutgar]

19. Excellent now if we can newsmax taken off like that

I know Fox is not possible sadly.

[SergeStorms]

20. Now that's some....

"cancel culture" I can live with.

[Brother Buzz]

22. OAN still has YouTube

Womp Womp

[catbyte]

23. ...

[Initech]

25. Good! Fuck 'em!