Latest in Carriage Deal

ViacomCBS and Comcast have set a wide-ranging carriage renewal that includes conventional elements like retransmission but also breaks new ground by bringing streaming service CBS All Access to Comcast set-top boxes. The companies said Wednesday the deal will extend retransmission consent of 23 CBS-owned television…

UPDATED with stock movement, Wall Street reaction. Resolving a closely tracked negotiation, Comcast and Starz said Monday they have entered into a long-term carriage deal, more than a week before the December 31 expiration date for the previous contract. Along with the pay-TV agreement, a content deal was also…

Fox and Charter Communications, the No. 2 U.S. cable operator, have agreed to a multi-year distribution arrangement. The carriage deal covers Fox local stations, Fox News, Fox Business, FS1 and other networks. It includes VOD and TV Everywhere rights, enabling Charter customers to watch Fox programming through various…

MGM-owned Epix has reached an expanded carriage deal with Comcast that will extend the premium network’s reach by adding it to the provider’s premium channel package. The new pact takes effect December 10. The new deal supplements Epix’s existing availability on an a la carte basis, swapping Epix for Starz in the…

As an impasse with AT&T continues into a second week, CBS Corp. has reached a carriage deal with Altice USA, a major cable provider. The new deal covers retransmission consent for CBS-owned stations and the carriage of Showtime, CBS Sports Network, Pop TV and Smithsonian Channel on the Optimum and Suddenlink cable…

Discovery and FuboTV have announced a new, multi-year carriage agreement that will bring 13 Discovery networks to Fubo’s streaming service in the coming weeks. The deal extends the relationship between the companies that dates back before the 2018 acquisition of Scripps Networks Interactive by Discovery. The prior…

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…