Altice Reaches New Carriage Deal with Tribune Broadcasting

By Jon Lafayette
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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Tribune Broadcasting said it reached a new carriage and retransmission consent agreement with Altice USA.

The agreement covers Tribune’s local TV stations as well its cable channel WGN America.

Financial terms were not disclosed.

Tribune had agreed to be acquired by Sinclair Broadcast Group, but both companies withdrew from the deal this summer.

Tribune owns 42 stations that reach about 50 million households.

Altice USA serves approximately 4.9 million residential and business customers in 21 states under the Optimum and Suddenlink Brands.

Jon Lafayette
Jon Lafayette

Jon has been business editor of Broadcasting+Cable since 2010. He focuses on revenue-generating activities, including advertising and distribution, as well as executive intrigue and merger and acquisition activity. Just about any story is fair game, if a dollar sign can make its way into the article. Before B+C, Jon covered the industry for TVWeek, Cable World, Electronic Media, Advertising Age and The New York Post. A native New Yorker, Jon is hiding in plain sight in the suburbs of Chicago.