Dish TV customers lose access to 54 local stations owned by Scripps

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(Telecompaper) DirecTV confirmed that Scripps Local Media has pulled 54 local broadcast stations in 36 Nielsen Designated Market Areas (DMAs) from its streaming, satellite and U-verse customers with effect from 31 May. In a statement, DirecTV said that Scripps had asked for "highest rates" it had "ever received from a station group"...