Hawaiian Telcom Reaches Retrans Deal With Nexstar, but Complaint Stands

A blackout of five Nexstar broadcast channels and one cable network on Hawaiian Telcom's channel lineup is ending as the two reached a multiyear distribution agreement, HT said last week. Despite the agreement, HT "will not drop our complaint at the FCC asserting that Nexstar violated federal law with its negotiating tactics, including using our customers as pawns," said Filifotu Vaai, vice president-consumer product sales.