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Dish, Viacom sign deal, averting blackout
Viacom shares surge on the news while Dish shares stay flat
Published Fri, Apr 22, 2016 · 09:50 PM
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.
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