The Weather Channel Agrees to DirecTV's Terms
 

The Weather Channel Agrees to DirecTV's Terms
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The Weather Channel will return to DirecTV starting Wednesday after resolving its carriage dispute with the satellite television carrier.

The deal will result in the weather-centric station cutting its reality programming during the week by half, the Weather Channel said in a press release.

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The channel had been demanding a $0.01 increase in its per-subscriber payment from DirecTV. It settled for less than that, according to The Wall Street Journal.

The Weather Channel reportedly commands about $0.13 per subscriber, far less than $5.54 by ESPN or $0.60 by CNN, according to estimates from SNL Kagan. Read more...

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