Video streaming providers were originally known as “over-the-top” services because they gave viewers an alternative to cable and satellite. But today one of those services, Sony’s PlayStation Vue, is going back through the middle: It agreed to to offer its channel packages directly to about 9 million mostly rural…

So much for the National Cable Television Cooperative’s dire warning that many of the 4 million subscribers at the 740 small and medium cable companies it represents might lose AMC Networks. They’ve agreed on a new multiyear deal after extending negotiations beyond the year-end expiration of a previous contract signed…

AMC Networks and National Cable Television Cooperative are still trying to work out a new carriage contract — despite the group’s warning this week to 4 million subscribers at the 740 small and medium cable companies it represents that they stood to lose the channels last night. Neither side is commenting yet, even to…

‘Tis the season for saber rattling in cable. And this year AMC Networks is hearing a lot of that this week from small operators resisting a large price increase to extend a carriage deal that expires at year end. AMC is still negotiating with the National Cable Television Cooperative, which represents 740 small and…

On the heels of a multiyear distribution pact inked in August, the National Cable Television Cooperative and The Walt Disney Company have reached their first ever long-term retransmission consent agreement for ABC’s eight owned local stations. They include WABC-TV in New York City, KABC-TV in Los Angeles, WLS-TV in…

The new multiyear distribution pact with the National Cable Television Cooperative looks a lot like Disney‘s recent deals with large pay TV distributors: The more than 950 firms that NCTC represents will be able to offer the entertainment giant’s VOD services as well as digitally delivered Watch sites and apps for…