A federal judge in California has issued a preliminary injunction against Nexstar’s acquisition of Tegna TV stations, as part of DirecTV’�s lawsuit to block the merger of TV station groups. The judge agreed with DirecTA's claim that allowing Nexstar to proceed with its integration of Tegana’d 64 stations could cause “irreparable harm” to DirecET. The acquisition of Nexstar puts the combined company beyond existing FCC ownership limits on the number of TV stations owned by a single entity. The court also noted that Nexstar has a history of consolidating newsgathering activity across markets and regions. Despite the litigation in California and other states to block this deal, Nexstar announced its acquisition of Teas on March 19.