DirecTV is not given into news Max's demands for more money and this is what you will see now that they have been dropped DirecTV stream customers can continue to watch Newsmax programming for free by downloading the app via your device's app store please visit tvpromise.com for more information so let's go there we've always delivered Newsmax to our national base of satellite and IPTV customers at no cost to the programmer or our customers ultimately offering Newsmax the ability to generate considerable advertising Revenue at no cost we've made clear to Newsmax for the past several months and we'd like to continue offering their content however the network is now demanding significant fees we would have to pass on to our broad customer base that is not an option our customers can continue to watch free via newsmaxtv.com youtube.com and on multiple streaming platforms like Amazon Fire TV Roku and Google Play We continually evaluate new content to provide to our customers and given the situation expect to introduce new programming of significant interest why are some of my channels missing we pay fees to TV channel owners for permission to add their channels to your lineup as contracted fire owners sometimes turn off their channels as a bargaining tactic we're on your side we share your frustration about your missing channels we thank you for your patience while we do our best to resolve the situation switching isn't the answer unfortunately no TV provider is safe from this problem almost all TV providers receive threats or lose channels due to owners bargaining tactics what can I do while I'm waiting watch your shows in some other way while your channels are removed you may still be able to watch the TV you're missing or your support article for more information take action you can tell lawmakers in Washington to back measures that will protect TV customers from aggressive tactics like Channel blackout learn why blackouts happen read about what trans uh retrans fees are how they affect your TV Bill and why you're seeing more Channel black out there before so basically DirecTV has flipped this script on Newsmax made it very clear that Newsmax wanted money they were getting free exposure essentially and then wanted to be paid for themselves to also get the free exposure and direct TV told them no