With New Distribution Deal, Comcast and Discovery Kiss and Make Up

Move past Time Warner Cable battle

To paraphrase Taylor Swift, Discovery Communications and Comcast used to have bad blood, but now they've got mad love. 

After bitterly feuding last year over Comcast's attempted $45 billion acquisition of Time Warner Cable, the companies have buried the hatchet and agreed to a long-term renewal of their distribution agreement. The news, which covers Discovery's 12 networks—including Discovery, TLC and OWN–comes almost a month after their previous agreement expired.

The deal includes TV Everywhere rights, which gives Xfinity customers access to Discovery Communications programming on multiple platforms.

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