Dish, Viacom sign deal, averting blackout
Viacom shares surge on the news while Dish shares stay flat
New York
DISH Network wanted its MTV after all.
On Thursday morning, Dish, the satellite TV provider, and Viacom announced that they had struck a multi-year agreement for Dish to continue to carry Viacom's bundle of television networks, averting a threatened blackout.
Dish's 14 million customers will have uninterrupted access to 18 Viacom channels, including MTV, Nickelodeon and Comedy Central.
In addition, select Viacom content will be added to Dish's Sling TV streaming service, which offers a slimmer bundle of networks starting at US$20 a m…
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