Tribune, U-verse Extend Retrans Deadline

By Jon Lafayette
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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Tribune Media and AT&T’s U-verse have extended their retransmission agreement, putting off the possibility of a blackout for another week.

The new deadline is 5 p.m. ET on Oct. 13.

Tribune’s retransmission agreement with U-verse expired at the end of September.

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.