LIN, Time Warner Cable Reach Retrans Agreement

Carriage continues as parties score new accord ahead of contract expiration

By Mike Reynolds, Multichannel News -- Broadcasting & Cable, 5/31/2013 5:35:47 PM

LIN Media and Time Warner Cable reached a new retransmission consent agreement on Friday afternoon, averting a potential station disconnect as their old contract was set to expire.

The two-year contract for 24 LIN stations --  affiliated with Fox, CBS, NBC, ABC, The CW and MyNetwork TV -- across 14 markets served by Time Warner Cable and Bright House (TWC negotiates programming deals for the smaller MSO) systems was scheduled to end at 5 p.m. on Friday, May 31.

Deal terms -- LIN had been seeking a rate increase for its stations' signals -- were not disclosed.

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