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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