Raycom Closes Multiple Retransmission Deals

Raycom Media today said it renewed retransmission agreements with 12 cable operators at the end of 2015.

These renewed agreements represent more than 2.3 million subscribers in over 30 markets nationwide. Negotiations that cause a disruption in programming for the customer are rare and represent a very small handful of satellite and cable operators that do not represent the industry as a whole.

Pat LaPlatney, Raycom Media SVP, said: “In our experience, over 98% of all retransmission consent negotiations follow this pattern of successful resolution with no interruptions of service for the customer. In these cases, negotiations are couched in mutual respect for what each brings to the community, and ultimately the customer and service to the customer comes first.”

LaPlatney continued, “At Raycom Media our goal is to do all we can to avoid disruptions and to continue to deliver the programming our viewers value and count on.”