While it remains off the air on Dish Network systems, Univision secured an important carriage beachhead, renewing its distribution deal with Altice USA. Under the deal, Altice will continue to carry Univision, UniMás and several other networks. Altice will also make Fusion TV available to its customers and expand…

Fox has started spreading the word that its distribution deal with Altice USA is set to expire in the coming days, warning that a blackout could leave millions of Optimum and Suddenlink subscribers without access to key fall programming. The carriage deal with Altice, the French telecom giant which bought Cablevision…

Due to the Yom Kippur holiday, which begins at sundown tonight and ends Saturday night, Altice and Disney have agreed to extend the expiration of their carriage contract through 5 PM ET Sunday, October 1, Deadline has confirmed. Apart from that one agreement on timing, there are no signs of movement in a struggle that…

The preschooler-targeted network Sprout is the latest addition to Cablevision’s Optimum TV, which announced on Wednesday that Glenn Beck’s TheBlaze network would be available by the end of the month. Sprout announced a slate of new programming last month at NBC’s Summer Press Day, as well as the renewal of its hit The…

Cablevision announced today that Glenn Beck‘s news, opinion and entertainment network TheBlaze will be added to Optimum TV’s line-up in late May. TheBlaze is the exclusive provider of The Glenn Beck Program. The network also offers original news and opinion shows such as Real News, Wilkow! and For The Record,…