WBAL TV owner reaches deal with DirecTV to continue carriage
DirecTV satellite subscribers around the country will continue to receive network TV stations owned by Hearst Corp. after the two companies reached a new deal over the fees that DirecTV pays the broadcasting company to carry stations on its lineup.
The original deal would have expired at midnight Friday, and subscribers in Boston, Pittsburgh, Baltimore and other markets could have lost Hearst-owned stations on DirecTV. Hearst owns 29 local TV stations, which include affiliates of all the major networks except Fox.
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Sinclair Broadcast Group is still wrangling with Time Warner Cable Inc. over the same issue. If a deal isn’t reached by midnight Friday, 33 stations could go dark for Time Warner customers.
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