MCLEAN, VA–Station group Tegna announced late Thursday that it has reached a multi-year carriage agreement with Verizon, which dropped three of Tegna’s stations from its FiOS lineup on New Year’s Eve.
Financial details and length of agreement were not disclosed.
WUSA in Washington, D.C., WVEC in Norfolk, VA and WGRZ in Buffalo, NY will return to the Verizon lineup effective immediately, Tegna said.
Stations in Norfolk, Washington DC and Buffalo affected.
The deal covers TEGNA stations serving 11 markets, including Houston and Washington, D.C.
Will provide operational support to Tegna’s broadcast towers.
Lin TV struck another salvo for its negotiating position with cable companies, reaching an agreement with Dish Network for HD carriage of 17 of its channels, mostly in the Midwest.
A late night deal avoided a blackout that would have impacted 45 stations in 37 markets.
Tegna is putting four new stations underneath its Christmas tree this year, as the company has announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire Midwest Television’s TV and radio stations in San Diego.
LIN TV Corp. recently reached an agreement for retransmission of programming by Verizon's FiOS TV service. The deal provides LIN programming to FiOS subscribers in all LIN television markets.
