OWN Expands Reach

Oprah Winfrey's joint venture with Discovery seals a distribution deal with Comcast

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The Oprah Winfrey Network has finally sealed a distribution deal with one of its largest holdouts: Philadelphia-based Comcast, the company that owns NBCUniversal. The deal may push OWN's number of subscribing households closer to the 80 million mark, but the exact number depends on where OWN sits on the dial for Comcast subscribers. Comcast has some 22.4 million subscribers, OWN isn't included in all of its packages. A report from SNL Kagan last month estimated OWN's distribution at 77.3

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