In an announcement culminating 18 months of negotiations, the cable industry this week agreed to carry public broadcasters' digital multicast signals in addition to their primary HD signal. The agreement was hammered out by the National Cable and Telecommunications Association (NCTA) and the Association for Public

The agreement, which still must be ratified, commits cable systems with 750MHz or more of capacity to carry up to four streams of free non-commercial digital broadcast programming from one public TV station per market and the station’s analog signal

Cable systems with 750MHz of available capacity will implement the agreement with 180 days of its ratification

The Association of Public Television Stations (APTS), and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) announced they finalized a major digital cable carriage agreement with the American Cable Association (ACA).

The services will be available nationally on local public television stations and carried by cable systems operated by the largest MSOs

The 10-year agreement would apply to participating ACA members’ HDTV cable systems and include DTV carriage commitments of public television stations both pre- and post-digital TV transition.

Cable operator Insight Communications will carry public broadcasters' digital signals with its local digital service, according to an agreement reached with the Public Broadcasting Service and the Association of Public Television Stations. The deal covers 31 noncommercial stations in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Kentu

Public TV and the cable lobby have ratified the carriage deal announced in late January. The deal, struck by the Association of Public Television Stations (APTS), Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA), ensures that local PBS affiliates will get cable carriage