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After relentlessly crying for Congress to intervene because DirecTV dumped it, pro-Trump channel Newsmax has received a promise from a top Republican to hold congressional hearings on the matter.
Newsmax, which had been with DirecTV since the channel’s launch in 2014, was dropped by the pay-TV carrier this week after demanding license fees in a new deal. DirecTV balked at the request, noting that the network provided it on-air content for free on several different platforms and its own app.
While the company said it would be happy to continue carrying the channel under the current arrangement, which doesn’t provide carriage fees, the network has accused DirecTV and its corporate parent AT&T of “censoring” conservative media.