Dish Network and Nexstar Media Group, the No. 1 U.S. owner of local TV stations, have resolved a carriage dispute that took 164 Nexstar stations and cable network WGN America off the air for more than three weeks.The deal was announced just after 1AM ET on Friday, Christmas Day.
In a press release, Nexstar said, “We regret the inconvenience experienced by our viewers and look forward to again providing them with leading network and local programming.”Financial terms of the multi-year deal were not disclosed.
The agreement will restore Nexstar station signals in 120 markets and 42 states to Dish for the first time since they went dark on Dec.
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