Sinclair Says 2 Stations, Tennis Channel Going Dark on Frontier
Sinclair's Tennis Channel will likely be blacked out on Frontier Cable starting Dec. 31, with the broadcaster's KOMO-TV Seattle and KATU Portland, Oregon, going dark Jan. 1 because of failed retransmission consent talks with Frontier, Sinclair said in a news…
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release Tuesday. Sinclair Executive Vice President-Distribution and Network Relations Barry Faber said the effect is expected to be minimal since Frontier has low market penetration in Seattle and Portland. Frontier in a statement said it's negotiating renewal terms with Sinclair, but it "remains committed to keeping our customers first and are working with Sinclair toward a reasonable resolution [and] cannot accept unfair terms that would subject our customers to significant and unnecessary price increases."