Fisher, DirecTV Do Carriage Deal

Satellite subscribers in multiple markets will still get Fisher feed

By Michael Malone -- Broadcasting & Cable, 12/3/2009 5:00:17 PM

Fisher Communications has reached a carriage agreement with DirecTV. Seattle-based Fisher owns 13 full-power stations; its programming is carried on DirecTV in Seattle, Portland, Boise, Eugene, Bakersfield and Yakima.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

"Fisher Communications and DirecTV are pleased to announce that they have reached an agreement for continued carriage of Fisher's television stations on the DirecTV satellite TV service," the parties said in a statement.