Gray Television inks distribution agreements with cable, satellite companies


(Logo courtesy Gray Television, Graphic by The Desk)

Gray Television says it has successfully navigated its way through new retransmission agreements with more than 70 percent of its pay television distribution partners.

Those partners include traditional cable and satellite television platforms, along with upstart streaming-like cable replacements, which will continue to offer Gray’s portfolio of local broadcast stations for at least another few years.

The specific platforms that Gray inked new retransmission consent agreements with were not revealed on Monday. Federal law allows local broadcast station owners to charge fees to cable and satellite companies for the privilege of redistributing their channels to subscribers.

Gray owns or operates around 180 local TV stations across vast parts of the country, many of which are affiliated with one or more of the four major broadcast networks — ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC.

“Consistent with Gray’s history of retransmission renewal negotiations since the early 1990s,…


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