As a knock-on effect of last week’s resolution of a carriage dispute between AT&T and Viacom, DirecTV will soon add several Viacom networks to both of its subscription tiers. The channels will become available April 5 on the $50-a-month Plus level and the $70-a-month Max level. Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., MTV, BET and…

UPDATED with closing prices. Shares in Viacom, which have had an up-and-down 2019, jumped 4% to close at $26.32 on the news in the pre-dawn hours that the company reached a new carriage deal with AT&T. Trading volume was more than twice the normal average, with shares generally ranging between $26.50 and $27 as…

Epix, the premium network launched as a multi-studio effort in 2009 and now fully owned by MGM, has forged a landmark carriage deal with Comcast to expand its reach to 70 million homes and 18 of the top 20 U.S. markets. Starting June 13, Comcast's Xfinity platforms will offer live and on-demand programming from Epix…

The next business day after seeing its shares zoom 9% on record quarterly earnings, CBS continues to check boxes, announcing a new multi-year carriage deal with Charter Communications, the No. 2 U.S. cable operator. Financial terms were not disclosed. Elements in the agreement include retransmission consent for…

Altice USA and Lionsgate-owned Starz have ended a six-week impasse and set a new multi-year affiliate deal, concluding the year’s first big carriage dispute. Under the agreement, Altice will offer the full suite of Starz and Starz Encore premium linear and HD channels, On-Demand, HD On-Demand and online services…

Viacom, after earlier this year reaching a broad carriage renewal with Altice for carriage on Optimum and Suddenlink systems, has renewed its distribution agreement with No. 2 cable operator Charter, adding a content and advertising partnership to the mix. The multi-year renewal follows a tentative agreement reached la…

John Malone’s Liberty Global and streaming giant Netflix have entered an agreement to integrate the Netflix app into advanced digital TV devices in more than 30 countries where the partners operate. The landmark multi-year partnership will see Netflix content become available to customers across Liberty platforms in…

Following marathon negotiations, and with only a few hours to spare before the midnight deadline tonight, Fox and DirecTV have reached a new carriage agreement. The deal covers not only all Fox Networks that were in danger of going dark on DirecTV systems tonight — FX, National Geographic Channel, Nat Geo Wild, <a href="https://deadline.com/tag/speed/" id="auto-tag_speed"…

Sinclair Broadcast Group and Time Warner Cable have reached an agreement in principle to end their carriage dispute. The new retransmission consent deal, whose details will be finalized over the next week, will prevent Sinclair’s 28 stations in mid-size markets  such as Pittsburgh and Milwaukee of going dark for 4…

Hours before DISH Network’s carriage agreement with Comcast’s E! and Style was to to expire at midnight, threatening a blackout of the two cable networks on DISH, the two sides have agreed to a short-term extension. The deal is “in hopes of reaching a long term solution,” E! and Style said in a…

After a three-day blackout of Scripps Networks’ cable networks, including HGTV and Food Network, on AT&T U-Verse, the two sides tonight reached a new distribution agreement. The five Scripps channels affected, HGTV, Food Network, DIY, Cooking Channel and Great American Country have been restored in 2.7 million AT&T…

Here is a brief recap of the events on Day 4 of the Fox blackout on Cablevision that has affected some 3 million  homes in the New York area. All quiet on the actual negotiations front: “Fox and Cablevision held a short phone call today,” Fox said. “No material progress was made and we remain far apart. Both sides…