Dish Renews Carriage Deal With ViacomCBS

By Jon Lafayette
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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Agreement keeps networks on satellite and Sling

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(Image credit: Dish Network)

ViacomCBS said it reached a new multi-year renewal of its carriage agreement with Dish Network.

The agreement keeps the ViacomCBS broadcast and cable networks on Dish and its Sling TV virtual multichannel video programming distributors.

Financial terms were not disclosed. 

ViacomCBS signed distribution renewals with Verizon Fios in April and Comcast in January.

Dish has been focused on its move into wireless with Boost Mobile.

The satellite company has been balking at renewing its agreements with sports programmers, including the NFL, whose NFL Network and RedZone channels went dark last month. 

Amid subscriber losses. Sling TV president Warren Schlichting left the company in June.

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.