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Just minutes after the start of ABC’s broadcast of The Academy Awards, WABC, the network’s New York flagship, was back on Cablevision ending a very public retransmission feud.
After two years of negotiations, WABC pulled its signal from Cablevision Sunday (March 7), effecting 3 million subscribers in Long Island, Westchester, Brooklyn and the Bronx. Negotiations continued throughout the day as Congressional leaders urged both parties to come to some agreement.
“We’ve made significant progress, and have reached an agreement in principle that recognizes the fair value of ABC7, with deal points that we expect to finalize with Cablevision.
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