Turner & Dish Network Work Out Deal to Restore CNN, Cartoon Network to Subscribers Through Early 2015
After a month-long blackout, CNN and 7 other channels owned by Time Warner Inc's Turner Broadcasting have been restored on the Dish Network.
Contention between Turner and Dish lead to the blackout of CNN and the other channels starting on Oct. 21. As a result, Turner blamed Dish for "operating in a disruptive manner," while the satellite TV service blamed Turner for "making unreasonable financial demands," reports CNN Money.
During the blackout, the Dish Network's 14 million customers did not receive CNN, Cartoon Network and other Turner channels, excluding TNT and TBS, which were negotiated under a separate contract. Instead, the carriage deal for TNT and TBS was supposed to expire on Dec. 5, reports Reuters.
However, on Friday, Turner and Dish released a statement announcing that they reached a deal to restore the programming for several months. They added that negotiations will continue since the extension is not a new long-term contract.
The statement said that all 10 channels will be carried through early 2015 since the two companies "have mutually decided to restore service of CNN, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, truTV, TCM, HLN, CNN en Español and Boomerang, and extend the carriage of TBS and TNT."
In the meantime, Dish is currently in talks with CBS and Comcast's NBC Universal.
Dish's deal to carry CBS was set to expire on Thursday, but the two sides agreed to a short-term extension until Tuesday to prevent a disruption in the programming of popular shows like "The Big Bang Theory," along with NFL football games.
On the other hand, NBC released a statement revealing that it is negotiating with Dish over "mutually acceptable terms" for many of its sports regional networks that affect viewers of teams across the nation, including Chicago, Washington and San Francisco.
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