Sinclair Broadcast : Announces Agreement with YouTubeTV; Includes Carriage of Tennis Channel To All Subscribers
August 17, 2017 at 04:07 pm EDT
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August 17, 2017
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Contact: Barry Faber, Executive Vice President for Distribution and Network Relations
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SINCLAIR ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT WITH YOUTUBE TV
INCLUDES CARRIAGE OF TENNIS CHANNEL TO ALL SUBSCRIBERS
BALTIMORE, MD - August 17, 2017 -Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: SBGI) today announced an agreement for all of its ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC affiliates to be carried in their respective markets as YouTube TV launches in those markets. As part of this agreement, YouTube TV will also deliver Tennis Channel to all of its members. The Companies also expect YouTube TV to expand its offering to include Sinclair's CW and MyNetwork TV stations, as well as the 24-hour science fiction channel, Comet TV.
'We are excited to announce this agreement with YouTube TV which is quickly expanding to cover more cities across the country and includes popular local, network and sports programming,' said Barry Faber, Sinclair's Executive Vice President for Distribution and Network Relations. 'We believe that our viewers want the ability to access content on any screen and having this relationship with YouTube will provide value to not only our viewers, but our advertising relationships as well. We appreciate that Google, the owner of YouTube TV, recognized the importance of carrying all of the local broadcast affiliates in their effort to attract subscribers to this new service.'
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Sinclair, Inc. is a holding company of Sinclair Broadcast Group, LLC. The Company is a diversified media company and a provider of local news and sports. It operates through two segments: Local Media, and Tennis. Its Local Media segment is comprised of its television stations. It produces more than 2,400 hours of news per week at 115 stations in 73 markets. Its Tennis segment primarily consists of Tennis Channel, a cable network which includes coverage of many of tennis' top tournaments and original professional sports and tennis lifestyle shows. Its content is delivered via multiple platforms, including over-the-air, multi-channel video program distributors, and the streaming aggregator of local news content, NewsON. The Company provides services to 185 television stations in 86 markets affiliated with all the major broadcast networks; owns Tennis Channel and multicast networks Comet, CHARGE!, TBD., and The Nest; and owns and provides services to 21 regional sports network brands.