Time Warner Cable Faces New Retrans Battle

Meredith Corp. stations threaten blackout

Mike Farrell -- Broadcasting & Cable, 7/23/2012 12:56:00 PM

Shortly after ending its nine-day impasse with Hearst Television, Time Warner Cable is gearing up for another retransmission consent battle, this time with four Meredith Corp., stations in Kansas City, Mo.; Springfield, Mass.; and Nashville, Tenn.

Time Warner Cable reached a retransmission consent agreement with 15 Hearst Television stations in 13 markets on Friday, after the stations had been dark to its customers for about nine days. The latest battle involves Meredith stations in Kansas City, Mo. (KCTV-CBS and KSMO-MyNetwork TV), Springfield, Mass., (WSHM-CBS); and Nashville, (WSMV-NBC).

On its website, KCTV said that it would go dark to Time Warner Cable customers at midnight on July 25 of a deal is not reached.

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