Sinclair, TWC Do the Arbitration Shuffle

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Here’s the latest wrinkle in the retransmission negotiations between Sinclair Broadcast Group and Time Warner Cable, which are ticking down to a Dec. 31 deadline: Sinclair offered to submit its retrans consent negotiations to arbitration, and Time Warner agreed, but with conditions. Sinclair balked at the conditions, so now both companies are back to square one.

On Monday (Dec. 13), Sinclair e-mailed Time Warner Cable asking for arbitration to cover the carriage of 33 of the company’s TV stations.

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