Cablevision Adding WGN America Network as Part of Tribune Media Retrans Deal
Cablevision is adding a cable network, WGN America, to its basic cable lineup for its Connecticut, New Jersey and New York customers in January as part of a multiyear agreement with Tribune Media, the companies said Thursday. Financial terms weren't…
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disclosed. The deal includes retransmission consent arrangements that Cablevision Optimum TV customers will continue to receive Tribune TV stations WPIX New York; in Connecticut WTIC-TV Hartford and WCCT-TV Waterbury; and WPHL-TV Philadelphia. It also renews Cablevision's use of TV listings and movie data from Tribune's Gracenote, and sees Cablevision taking over Tribune's 2.8 percent interest in Newsday Holdings, making it a wholly owned Cablevision subsidiary.