Northwest Broadcasting Reaches Distribution Deal With Charter

By Jon Lafayette
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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Northwest Broadcasting and Charter Communications have reached a new distribution agreement, ending a dispute that blacked out 11 stations for four months. 

The deal was announced on Northwest stations websites. The announcement said stations were expected to be restored to cable lineups sometime Friday.

“No future details about the agreement are available,” said the bulletin on the website of KPVI, the NBC affiliate in Idaho Falls, Idaho.

“We’re pleased to have reached a fair agreement with Northwest Broadcasting. We’re working to restore signals, and expect to have programming back on for customers shortly,” Charter said in a statement

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.