“DIRECTV and Newsmax Media, Inc. announced today that they reached a business agreement for a multi-year distribution deal that will return the Newsmax channel to DIRECTV, DIRECTV STREAM and U-verse on March 23, 2023. When the two companies were initially unable to agree on financial terms to extend their carriage agreement, DIRECTV lost the rights to distribute the programming on January 25, 2023. Unfortunately, this is a common occurrence in the pay TV industry, and often consumers are caught in the middle. ‘Newsmax recognizes and appreciates that DIRECTV clearly supports diverse voices, including conservative ones,’ said Christopher Ruddy, CEO of Newsmax.”

“‘As a standalone company, DIRECTV helped give Newsmax its start nearly a decade ago as it continues to do with upcoming news networks, which is why we are pleased to reach a mutually beneficial agreement that will deliver our network to DIRECTV, DIRECTV STREAM and U-verse customers over the next several years,'” says a joint press release from Newsmax and DirecTV.

Waiting on the House GOP to take credit for this from all their MAJOR hearings that never happened and bills that were never passed let alone even voted on to force the “corporate communists” at DirecTV to bring the low-budget right wing propaganda network back. Then there’s that this new agreement will almost certainly net $0 in carriage fees paid to Newsmax by DirecTV, the demand for which was the sole actual reason for this shitshow in the first place.