Sinclair and Dish reach new longterm agreement

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This press release was issued by Dish Network, detailing that the satellite company and Sinclair Broadcasting have come to a new retransmission agreement with the help of the FCC. You can read their statement below.

ENGLEWOOD, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DISH Network L.L.C. and Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. have reached an agreement in principle that will form the basis of a long-term retransmission consent agreement for carriage of Sinclair’s local channels in 79 markets nationwide. Restoration of Sinclair signals to DISH’s system is underway.

“We are grateful for the FCC’s work on behalf of consumers to actively broker a productive path forward,” said Jeff Blum, DISH senior vice president and deputy general counsel.

Additionally, DISH is asking the Federal Communications Commission to stay action on DISH’s Verified Amended and Restated Retransmission Complaint and Request for Preliminary Injunctive Relief as the long-term agreement is being finalized.

Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

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Context: ROH's parent company, Sinclair broadcasting and Dish TV could not come to terms on a new deal, resulting in Sinclair stations being dropped. But now they have a new deal so the channels are coming back on.