by HN Porter of tech4today.net
Spectrum cable is again viewing channel 6; WGN America, a cable TV channel owned by Tribune; and Antenna, WITI's rerun-laden digital subchannel. The 2 channels returned Friday morning, bringing the 9-day blackout due to a fee feud with Tribune to an end.
“We are pleased to have reached this agreement that will return Tribune Broadcasting’s local cable television stations and WGN America to Spectrum customers and Tribune’s viewers,” the sides said in a joint statement issued early Friday morning.
The statement called the re transmission agreement "comprehensive" but didn't disclose terms.
Tribune and Charter Spectrum Cable were in a feud for weeks before a New Year's Eve deadline for a new agreement on the fees Spectrum pays to Tribune for programming. The deadline was extended to Jan. 2 as talks continued, but when they didn't result in a deal, the Tribune stations faded from Spectrum systems nationwide.
The blackout which affected 33 TV stations in 24 markets and 6 million cable subscribers nationwide saw both parties (Tribune and Spectrum) blaming each other with each claiming the other's greed was getting in the way of what viewers want to see. Both Tribune and Spectrum set up websites promoting their positions. Tribune's site for Milwaukee, keepmystation.com/fox6, now takes users to the joint statement announcing the end of the blackout.
The end of the blackout in Milwaukee means that football fans with Spectrum cable will be able to watch this weekend's NFC playoff games between the Dallas Cowboys and Los Angeles Rams Saturday night and the Philadelphia Eagles and New Orleans Saints Sunday afternoon. It will also give Spectrum subscribers a chance to watch "The Masked Singer," a reality competition show in which semi-celebrities sing in outrageous costumes, pushing a panel to guess their identities. The show, one of this month's highest-rated new shows, premiered Jan. 2 on Fox.
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