The
Weather Channel Agrees to
DirecTV's Terms
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.
See also:
How Tech Can Prepare You for Extreme Weather
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...
More about
Directv,
The Weather Channel,
Business,
Marketing, and
Tv 
