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Dish Network and Hearst Television have reached a deal on a new multiyear carriage agreement, ending an impasse that has left satellite customers in 26 markets unable to watch the broadcaster's stations since March 3. Terms of the new contract were not disclosed. Hearst has 15 ABC affiliates and 12 with NBC along with…

Dish Network and Hearst Television apparently remain far from resolving the contract dispute that since March 3 left satellite customers in 26 markets unable to watch the broadcaster’s stations. Hearst today released a letter from its president, Jordan Wertlieb, who says that Dish’s “lack of engagement and…

Dish Network and Hearst Television have ratcheted up their efforts to persuade viewers that the other side is to blame for the contract impasse that left subscribers unable to watch the broadcasters’ affiliates in 26 markets including Baltimore, Boston, Kansas City, and Pittsburgh. Dish today is circulating a video…

Dish Network subscribers in 26 markets — including Baltimore, Boston, Kansas City, and Pittsburgh — lost access to Hearst Television stations last night after the companies reached an impasse in their negotiations for a new carriage deal. Per usual, the companies disagree about price: how much Dish should pay Hearst…

Hearst Television’s 30 primary TV affiliates plus three extender stations returned to DirecTV over the weekend, about a week after going dark. The companies offered no information about financial terms or whether the new agreement will enable DirecTV parent AT&T to include Hearst affiliates on its new DirecTV Now strea…

That was quick. Some 25 Hearst-owned TV stations are back on Dish Network about 14 hours after they went dark in a retransmission contract dispute. The companies didn’t disclose terms. Hearst said that it regrets the hassle for consumers and advertisers and is “pleased the interruption was brief and that our stations…

More than two dozen network-affiliated Hearst Television stations went dark on the satcaster tonight after the sides hit a wall in their retransmission talks. Dish Network‘s carriage deal with Hearst TV expired March 1, but the parties had extended the deadline to tonight at 7 PM Pacific. The blackout affects more…

NEW YORK, December 6, 2012 – Hearst Corporation today announced that David J. Barrett has been named chairman and CEO of Hearst Television and Jordan Wertlieb has been named president. The announcements were made by Hearst Corporation CEO Frank A. Bennack, Jr. Both promotions are effective immediately. "David has been…

UPDATE, 2:24 PM: Time Warner Cable’s response to Hearst: “Negotiations are ongoing,” it says. That’s it. But the American Cable Association, an industry trade group, was more outspoken about the broader dispute over retransmission consent rules. “Broadcasters support the status quo because it allows them to leverage…

The suit at U.S. District Court in northern Texas involves an interesting quirk in Time Warner Cable’s retransmission consent dispute with Hearst, which since July 9 has left more than 2M cable customers in 11 markets without access to the broadcaster’s programming. The No. 2 cable company is filling the gap in some…

UPDATE, 3:38 PM: Hearst Television President David Barrett says that Time Warner Cable’s making “exaggerated and distorted claims” about their dispute. His company wants “a reasonable increase” in line with its programming costs “and the carriage fees now paid to us by Time Warner’s competitors.” It has more than 150…