Hearst Reaches An Agreement With Dish Network, Blackout Over

By Stephanie Tsoflias Siegel 

The Hearst station blackout on DISH network is over.

Signals for its 30 television stations have been restored for subscribers, according to a statement.

It’s the first time customers, in 26 markets, can watch local Hearst stations in almost two months.

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“We are grateful to once again have Hearst Television stations providing DISH customers the quality local and national programming which we invest so heavily to offer our local communities,” said Hearst Television president Jordan Wertlieb.

Hearst owns and operates radio and TV stations in 26 markets that reach over 21 million U.S. television households.

Earlier this year, TVSpy told you the station group DirectTV customers lost signal when the two companies tried to reach a re transmission deal.

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