NPG Grants Dish Extension
By Mike Farrell
published Dish Network has been granted a brief reprieve in its retransmission consent negotiations with News-Press Gazette, as the broadcaster has extended its deal with the satellite giant until Thursday at 4 p.m., Pacific Time
Dish Network’s retrans deal with NPG’s 16 stations in seven states originally was set to expire at 6 p.m. Feb. 23. But in a tweet on Tuesday night, Mark Danielson, the general manager of NPG’s ABC affiliate in Santa Barbara, Calif. (KEYT-TV) said carriage was extended.
News of the extension was first reported by TVPredictions.com.
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