CBS Blackout Friday: Dish Reaches Multi-Year Agreement With Network in Time for Football Weekend
Negotiations between Dish Network and CBS, which caused a blackout at at about 7 p.m. ET on Friday, have been successfully completed.
Dish released a statement Saturday morning that said both parties came to an agreement and were pleased with the results.
The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the multi-year agreement includes all CBS channels in cities across the country, as well as the sports channels, Showtime Video-on-Demand content and authentication rights for Showtime Anytime.
CNN Money reported that 2 million households had been affected by the blackout Friday of the 14 million subscribers to Dish.
Both parties released statements regarding the blackout.
CBS declared the steps taken were to find a fair agreement as the "most watched" television station.
"What CBS seeks is appropriate compensation for the most-watched television network with the most popular content in the world, as well as terms that reflect the developing digital marketplace," CBS said.
The disagreement stemmed from an issue over the sports network, which had many customers worried as a continued blackout could disrupt football weekend watching.
Dish also released a statement Friday evening, stating it was optimistic the channels would return and both sides were working into the night to finalize the agreement.
The agreement also dismisses any pending litigation between the two companies, which had included disputes over PrimeTime Anytime and AutoHop.
This is not the first time this year that a network has been blacked out.
CBS and Time Warner Cable had a dispute that blacked out CBS for a month in some markets, according to the Los Angeles Times.
The move cost the company about 12,000 subscribers in the following fiscal quarter.
In October this year, CNN channels were blacked out for Dish customers for about a month.
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