Sinclair, ABC Extend Affiliate Talks Once Again
Sinclair Broadcast Group and ABC have extended negotiations over
affiliate agreements once again, pushing the would-be deadline back to March
31.
The two parties continue to negotiate the terms of the agreements, which
were set to expire Dec. 31, 2009, and have been extended several times.
ABC has been pushing its affiliates to share programming costs as part
of their agreements with the networks. Some station groups have chafed, and
some deem it reasonable.
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Michael Malone is content director at B+C and Multichannel News. He joined B+C in 2005 and has covered network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television, including writing the "Local News Close-Up" market profiles. He also hosted the podcasts "Busted Pilot" and "Series Business." His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The L.A. Times, The Boston Globe and New York magazine.