TV station operator Tegna Inc. on Friday reached a deal with Dish Network Corp. that ends a four-month-long blackout of the McLean company’s stations and networks on Dish, as it reportedly has resumed sale talks once again.
Tegna (NYSE: TGNA), based in McLean, said late Friday it had reached a new carriage agreement with the satellite TV provider, four months after Tegna’s local news and sports stations were removed from the network. Tegna, which was formerly Gannett Co. Inc. before Gannett spun off its print media division and renamed itself in 2015, owns 64 TV stations, as well as the True Crime Network and other national networks.
The carriage agreement includes retransmission agreements for all 64 stations; the blackout affected about 3 million Dish (NASDAQ: DISH) customers in 53 markets, according to Broadcasting & Cable, a TV industry trade publication.
Tegna’s carriage news came a few hours after Bloomberg reported the McLean company is once again in talks with a potential…
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