Tegna, DirecTV End Blackout With New Multiyear Distribution Deal
Tegna and DirecTV said they ended their six-week blackout by reaching a new long term distribution agreement.
The deal covers Tegna's 64 TV stations, which cover 51 markets. Many are NBC affiliates, and the deal came ahead of NBC's coverage of the Cleveland Browns playing the Houston Texans in an NFL Wild Card Playoff game Saturday. NFL playoff games tend to focus distributors and broadcasters on coming to a deal to end a blackout.
The stations' programming will be returning to DirecTV, DirecTV stream and U-verse today, when the NFL playoffs kicked off.
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Financial terms were not disclosed.
In a statement the two companies said they "greatly appreciate the patience of their subscribers and viewers."
