BALTIMORE -- Sinclair Broadcast Group announced that it has reached agreement with DirecTV on a new retransmission consent agreement and has entered into a short-term extension of its existing agreement in order to allow the parties to enter into a formal agreement. As a result, DirecTV will continue to carry Sinclair stations.
Sinclair Broadcasting today buried the hatchet with another pay TV carrier over retransmission consent, while a stand-off between DirecTV and Northwest Broadcasting dragged on.
Sinclair Broadcast Group and the National Cable Television Cooperative have announced they have come to terms on a multi-year retransmission agreement.
FCC proposal not included in February agenda
Sinclair and Time Warner hammered out a three-year retransmission consent agreement.
Regulators have answered Sinclair’s challenge of their prohibition against joint retransmission negotiations in federal court
Sinclair Broadcast Group and Cox Communications agreed to a four-year extension to their retransmission consent agreement earlier this week.
The agreement allows Mediacom to carry the analog and digital signals of 24 TV stations owned or programmed by Sinclair in 16 markets.