CBS and AT&T came to new terms on carriage of CBS stations on the telecommunications giant’s DirecTV satellite service, ending a prolonged blackout of CBS programming.
CBS, the nation’s most-watched TV network, had become unavailable on the AT&T services in late July after the two parties failed to come to new terms on retransmisson of various CBS stations. In all, about 6.5 million people were unable to see CBS via traditional services.
The new agreement includes retransmission consent for all 26 CBS-owned stations in 17 markets including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, Dallas, San Francisco, Boston, Atlanta, Tampa, Seattle, Detroit, Minneapolis, Miami, Denver, Sacramento, Pittsburgh and Baltimore. The two companies declined to elaborate on the financial terms of the agreement.
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