Sinclair

Sinclair to Pull Stations from TWC Systems

Stevie Converse — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 10:09:07 -0500

Full article: TV Newscheck
Mark K. Miller
Sinclair's most recent financial offer -- a monthly per-station increase that averaged 10 cents per subscriber -- was rejected by TWC, Sinclair said. The company said that TWC "refused to provide a financial counter-proposal, effectively ending negotiations." As a result, Sinclair television stations will no longer be carried on Time Warner Cable systems after midnight on Dec. 31.

TWC-Fox Deal Changes Retrans

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 10:54:24 -0500

Full article: MediaWeek
Katy Bachman
A deal struck last January between Time Warner Cable and News Corp. included a precedent-setting condition to allow TWC to carry Fox's programming if retransmission negotiations with Fox affiliates break down. Just how much leverage Fox affiliates could lose in negotiations is getting tested right now as Sinclair Broadcast Group and TWC try and hammer out a deal before the end of the year.

New Retrans Fight Between Time Warner Cable, Sinclair

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 10:52:03 -0500

Full article: Broadband Reports
Karl Bode
Time Warner Cable has once again found themselves in a retransmission dispute, this time with Sinclair Broadcasting -- who says they'll pull a significant number of local affiliate stations if a new deal isn't hashed out by Dec. 31.

Bankruptcy Looms for Sinclair

Stevie Converse — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:29:58 -0400

Full article: Hollywood Reporter
Paul Bond
Shares of Sinclair Broadcast Group continued to plummet on the first trading day since the company warned that high debt and a weak advertising environment could force it into bankruptcy.

DOJ Rejects Sinclair's Purchase of WTVR

Holiday Shapiro — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:57:57 -0400

Full article: TV Newsday
The DOJ's antitrust division rejects Sinclair's $85 million deal to buy WTVR, the Richmond CBS affiliate, from Raycom Media, citing a consent decree that it entered into with Raycom when Raycom purchased three stations from Lincoln Financial earlier this year.