Univision Warns It May Resort to Blackout in Charter Contract Skirmish

The leader in Spanish-language broadcasting threatened pulling its programming in the wake of Charter’s $71.4 billion acquisition of Time Warner Cable. Univision warned Charter Communications subscribers that the Spanish-language giant may pull its programming from major markets like Los Angeles and New York in a skirmish over contract negotiations.

NBCUniversal extends deadline, averting a Charter-Spectrum blackout, for now

LOS ANGELES_Media giant NBCUniversal has granted an extension in its carriage talks with cable television provider Charter Communications, averting a New Year’s Eve blackout of NBC-owned channels in nearly 16 million homes in the U.S. with Spectrum service. “Negotiations with Charter Spectrum for the NBCUniversal portfolio of networks have been extended,” NBCUniversal said in a statement.