One America News Network faces a sharp reduction in audience after DirecTV, its largest distributor, said it plans to drop the conservative channel
DirecTV said Friday it plans to drop conservative news channel One America News Network, a move that could sharply reduce the pro-Trump channel’s audience.
“We informed Herring Networks that, following a routine internal review, we do not plan to enter into a new contract when our current agreement expires,” a DirecTV spokesman said in a statement, referring to OAN’s owner. He didn’t say when OAN will go off-air. One America News Network President Charles Herring didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. The channel is owned by Herring Networks Inc., a San Diego-based TV programming firm. OAN’s opinion programming is known among its cable-news peers for its praise of former Presidentthat DirecTV planned to drop One America News Network.
Losing a large distributor like DirecTV is a major blow for OAN, which has a fraction of the viewers of the cable news industry’s leaders Fox News, MSNBC and CNN. DirecTV has shed millions of customers in recent years but remains one of the country’s largest pay-TV companies and represents OAN’s largest distributor.