A blackout affecting CBS stations in major markets throughout the country looms as CBS and AT&T executives go down to the wire on negotiations for a retransmission consent deal covering 28 O&am…
executives go down to the wire on negotiations for a retransmission consent deal covering 28 O&O stations.
If the CBS and CW-affiliated stations go dark, the blackout would affect about 6.6 million subscribers of AT&T’s DirecTV and U-verse platforms, which reach a total of 22.4 million subscribers. The contract set to expire soon also covers the CBS Sports and Smithsonian cable channels. CBS’ entertainment cablers — Showtime and Pop — are carried under a separate contract and not at risk of a blackout.
AT&T issued a lengthy statement Friday that took aim in part at the CBS All Access streaming service. It also said CBS balked at giving AT&T expanded video on demand rights to current network programming, which is a key feature of CBS All Access.
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