Dispatch Stations Back on DirecTV, U-Verse

By ( Broadcasting & Cable ) published

After over a month off of AT&T's DirecTV and U-Verse MVPDs, Dsipatch Broadcasting's WBNS-TV Columbus, Ohio, and WTHR-TV Indianapolis are back on.

A broadcast source said it was a three-year deal, but did not know the terms.

WBNS and WTHR let Web surfers know the news with identical banners atop their home pages declaring: "Attention DirecTV and AT&T U-verse Subscribers! 10TV is back on your system! After reaching a fair agreement with DirecTV and AT&T U-verse, all of your favorite programs have returned to your channel lineup. Missed some episodes from your favorite CBS shows? Click here for info on how to get caught up!"

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.