Dish, United Reach Retransmission Deal

By Jon Lafayette
( Broadcasting & Cable )
published

Dish Network and United Communications said they reached a retransmission agreement that puts stations in Mankato, Minn., and Watertown, N.Y., back on the satellite TV service.

The stations have been off Dish since Oct. 10. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

"Dish is pleased that our work on behalf of customers has resulted in an agreement for the restoration of access to United's CBS and Fox stations," Sruta Vootukuru, Dish director of programming, said in a satement. "We thank our customers for their patience while we negotiated a deal that allows us to provide channels at the best value."

Dish said it would restore United's KEYC-TV, a CBS affiliate and KEYC-DT2 (Fox), in Mankato and WWNY (CBS) and WNYF (Fox) in Watertown, effective immediately.

Jon Lafayette
Jon Lafayette

Jon has been business editor of Broadcasting+Cable since 2010. He focuses on revenue-generating activities, including advertising and distribution, as well as executive intrigue and merger and acquisition activity. Just about any story is fair game, if a dollar sign can make its way into the article. Before B+C, Jon covered the industry for TVWeek, Cable World, Electronic Media, Advertising Age and The New York Post. A native New Yorker, Jon is hiding in plain sight in the suburbs of Chicago.