Judge grants restraining order blocking Nexstar-TEGNA deal from taking effect [View all]

Source: thedesk.net

A federal judge in California has granted DIRECTV a temporary restraining order in a legal challenge brought against Nexstar Media Group’s $6.2 billion merger with TEGNA.

In a 24-page order handed down Friday evening, Judge Troy Nunley of the Eastern District of California said DIRECTV’s arguments that Nexstar’s acquisition of TEGNA was likely to succeed on its merits and that the deal could lead to irreparable harm if the temporary restraining order was not issued.

The judge found that DIRECTV’s position that the deal violates federal antitrust laws was persuasive, and that the loss of competition from the deal qualifies as a harm under federal legal precedents.

The harm to competing broadcasters and pay television providers outweighs any benefits to Nexstar while the case proceeds through the courts, Nunley wrote.

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