Sinclair and Comcast Reach Retrans Deal in Principle

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Sinclair Broadcast Group and Comcast have reached what the former is calling "an agreement-in-principle" for the continued carriage of Sinclair's 36 stations in 22 markets. 

It is a multi-year deal. Terms of the agreement were not divulged. 

Sinclair has been busy inking retransmission consent pacts of late, closing on deals with Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks in the last five weeks. 

Earlier this year, Sinclair ironed out affiliation agreements with the Fox network that covered retrans as well.

Michael Malone
Michael Malone

Michael Malone is content director at B+C and Multichannel News. He joined B+C in 2005 and has covered network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television, including writing the "Local News Close-Up" market profiles. He also hosted the podcasts "Busted Pilot" and "Series Business." His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The L.A. Times, The Boston Globe and New York magazine.