SCOOP: Scripps, Comcast Reach New Distribution Agreement for TV Channels

SCOOP: Scripps, Comcast reach new distribution agreement for TV channels

A Comcast Xfinity service van parked on a street in San Francisco. (Photo by Matthew Keys for The Desk) Comcast and the E. W. Scripps Company have reached an agreement that restores Scripps-owned local broadcast stations and national networks to Xfinity TV, The Desk has learned. The deal was reached early Tuesday morning, with Scripps channels being restored to Xfinity TV’s systems in metropolitan areas like Detroit, San Diego, Tucson and Baltim…

Scripps, Comcast Settle Their Retransmission Consent Differences

On April 1, it was no joke for viewers of broadcast TV stations owned by The E.W. Scripps Co. who pay for cable television services powered by Comcast‘s Xfinity MVPD. A retransmission consent agreement could not be signed in a timely manner, resulting in a “blackout,” by law, of all Scripps-owned stations on one of the nation’s largest cable TV providers. A little more than a month later, a new deal has been reached. Just before 2pm Eastern, Scr…

Scripps, Comcast reach agreement to end WXYZ-TV blackout

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