Early this morning Tribune Broadcasting and Charter Communications finally reached an agreement on transmissions fees nine days after their previous agreement expired, leading Fox 8 and two dozen other stations to be dropped from Spectrum Cable’s broadcast.
“We are pleased to have reached this agreement that will return Tribune Broadcasting’s local television stations and WGN America to Spectrum customers and Tribune’s viewers,” the companies said in a joint statement.
The squabble had prevented local viewers from Fox 8’s regular programming and last weekend’s NFL playoffs.
This article appears in Jan 9-15, 2019.
I wonder how much of a massive increase Spectrum will now be charging for their already outrageously high-priced cable pricing? Its especially a rip off that they charge over $9.99 per month for broadcast channels, which you can get for free using an antenna!!!!
Just like our city and county leaders, spectrum is right up there with the rest of the thieves!!!
Spectrum said they didnt want to raise rates again, while Tribune wanted to charge more, how is Spectrum the bad guy? Not a fan of spectrum, but let’s be honest here