DirecTV and Newsmax reconcile, right-wing channel returns.
DirecTV and Newsmax have reached a new multiyear deal that will bring the conservative channel back to some 13 million customers this week, ending a lengthy and bitter public relations battle between the two companies that hinged on carrier fees. Terms of the deal were not immediately disclosed, but when its last contract with Newsmax ended in January, DirecTV said the network was making demands for rate increases that “would have led to significantly higher costs that we would have to pass on to our broad customer base.”