Hearst Television and Time Warner Cable are in a retransmission...
Hearst Television and Time Warner Cable are in a retransmission consent blackout. It began late Monday night and includes the broadcaster’s WCVB (ABC) Boston, KCWE (CW) and KMBC (ABC) both in Kansas City, Mo., WLWT (NBC) Cincinnati, WTAE (ABC) Pittsburgh…
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and seven other TV stations, the cable operator’s website said (http://xrl.us/bm93wo). “Time Warner Cable has reached hundreds of agreements with other broadcasters without broadcaster blackouts, but Hearst’s demand for a nearly 300 percent increase is way out of line.” Viewers should “make alternative arrangements for receipt of our signal,” said the website of WLWT (http://xrl.us/bngefx). It noted that Cincinnati Bell, DirecTV and Dish Network also carry the station. Time Warner Cable is “ready to continue negotiations,” a spokeswoman said.