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DirecTV and Diversified Communications said they ended a blackout of...

DirecTV and Diversified Communications said they ended a blackout of the broadcaster’s WABI-TV (CBS) Bangor, Maine, and WCJB-TV (ABC) Gainesville, Fla., on the DBS company’s service (CD June 7 p18). The companies reached “an extended agreement” for retransmission consent, WABI…

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said on its website (http://xrl.us/bndbgq). WCJB said similar (http://xrl.us/bndbgu). “We regret our customers ... had to endure more than three weeks of needless frustration when Diversified Communications could have simply left its channels on while we worked out a resolution,” DirecTV said in a news release. “All local stations should take responsibility for putting an end to these unnecessary disruptions."