Private company
Deerfield Media
Logo: Deerfield Media, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3
American television broadcast company
Deerfield Media, Inc. is a broadcasting company and a shell corporation owned and operated by Stephen P. Mumblow. It was established on December 1, 2012, by the acquisition of several television stations connected to the Sinclair Broadcast Group. Most of its stations are part of duopolies with another Sinclair-owned station, and are operated under local marketing agreements or similar by Sinclair.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
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Deerfield Media, Inc. is a broadcasting company and a shell corporation owned and operated by Stephen P. Mumblow. It was established on December 1, 2012, by the acquisition of several television stations connected to the Sinclair Broadcast Group. Most of its stations are part of duopolies with another Sinclair-owned station, and are operated under local marketing agreements or similar by Sinclair.2
Controversies and legal
2021 FCC fine
On July 28, 2021, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a Forfeiture Order against Deerfield Media related to the lawsuit DirecTV, LLC v. Deerfield Media, Inc., ordering the company to pay 6 fines of $512,228 each, totaling $3,073,368. The order was the result of a lawsuit filed by DirecTV and its parent AT&T alleging that Deerfield Media, along with several other station groups whose stations are managed by Sinclair Broadcast Group, failed to negotiate for retransmission consent in good faith for its stations KBTV, KMYS, WHAM, WJTC, WPMI, and WSTR. The FCC adopted a Memorandum Opinion and Order and Notice of Apparent Liability on September 2, 2020, affirming the lawsuit allegations. The stations affected by the fines were represented in retransmission negotiations by Duane Lammers of Max Retrans.
From Wikipedia’s article on Deerfield Media, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4
Timeline
- 2012Founded Founded1
Links
- WikipediaDeerfield Media
- WikidataQ5250901
Sources
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- 1WikidataDeerfield Media on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaDeerfield Media on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsDeerfield Media logo by Deerfield Media, Public domain
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