Sinclair, Bright House Ink Retrans Pact
Sinclair Broadcast Group and Bright House Networks have agreed on a multi-year agreement for the carriage of six Sinclair owned or operated stations in four markets. The stations covered under the pact are: WTTA Tampa, WEAR-WFGX Mobile-Pensacola, WTWC Tallahassee and WABM-WTTO Birmingham, Ala.
Terms of the deal were not shared.
The granting of retransmission rights to Bright House had previously been covered by a carriage agreement with Time Warner Cable (TWC).
Sinclair and TWC have reached an agreement in principle, according to Sinclair, but have not yet "fully documented the terms."
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