Tysons, Virginia-based Tegna, owner of 64 television stations including the D.C. region’s WUSA Channel 9, has reached an agreement with Dish Network that ends a four-month long blackout of Tegna鈥檚 stations on the Dish lineup.
The new carriage retransmission agreement covers viewers in 53 U.S. markets, .
Financial terms of the new agreement were not disclosed by neither Dish Network nor Tegna.
鈥淲e appreciate the patience of our viewers while we worked toward reaching an agreement,鈥� Tegna said in a statement.
Tegna鈥檚 local stations were restored Feb. 4.
鈥淲e are pleased to have reached an agreement in time for the Winter Olympics and Super Bowl that benefits all parties, especially our customers,鈥� said Brian Neylon, Dish TV group president.
The return to Dish comes about a month after Tegna and Verizon FiOS reached an agreement that restored Tegna stations to the FiOS lineup in D.C. and three other markets following a four-day blackout.
D.C. is Verizon鈥檚 largest FiOS market based on subscribers, according to Cablefax.
