DirecTV on Thursday filed a federal antitrust alleging that the proposed $6.2 billion Nexstar Media deal to buy rival Tegna violates the federal antitrust laws — and would significantly harm consumers.
The pay-TV provider’s suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, Sacramento Division, follows a multistate lawsuit filed in the same court by attorneys general from eight states: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, New York, North Carolina, Oregon and Virginia.
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The DirecTV complaint asserts that the proposed Nexstar-Tegna merger — which would combine two of the U.S.’s largest broadcast station groups — represents a concentration of
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