CBS Corp. programs returned to Time Warner Cable in New York, Los Angeles and Dallas after the companies ended a one-month blackout in time for the start of National Football League regular-season games.
Time Warner Cable agreed to pay a significant increase for the right to transmit CBS signals, though still below $2 per subscriber per month, according to people with knowledge of the situation, who asked not to be identified because the terms are private.
The accord ends a stalemate that left more than 3 million Time Warner Cable subscribers without access to shows ranging from “Under the Dome” to U.S. Open tennis. CBS and other TV networks are demanding higher fees for over-the-air signals and looking for new ways to sell digital rights. That’s squeezing pay-TV carriers like Time Warner Cable while they grapple with competition ranging from Verizon’s Fios to web-based services like Netflix.
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