Dish Temporarily Restores CNN, Cartoon Network in Multi-Front Negotiations
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Dish Network has reached an agreement to restore Turner Broadcasting channels including CNN and Cartoon Network to its satellite-TV service for several months while the two sides work toward a longer-term deal.
The extension with the Time Warner unit also reinstates Adult Swim, TruTV, TCM, Boomerang and CNN en Espanol to Dish’s service, the companies said in a statement. It ensures Dish’s 14 million customers won’t lose TNT and TBS when a separate deal for those channels expires on Dec. 5.
The extension means Dish’s rights to all Turner programming will expire at once, according to a person with knowledge of the matter who wasn’t authorized to speak publicly and asked not to be named. Under the old deals, Dish dropped some channels while keeping TNT and TBS, the most- watched Turner outlets. Some stations had been dark since Oct. 21, after an agreement expired.
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