(30 May 2009 10:40 pm)

MUMBAI: US-based TV broadcasting company Sinclair Broadcast Group (SBG) has announced the extention of its retransmission consent agreement with Dish Network.

As per the deal, Dish will continue to carry the signals of stations which Sinclair owns and operates.

The agreement also provides Dish with certain rights to carry local content produced by Sinclair on a video-on-demand basis.

The size of the deal was not disclosed by the two parties but Sinclair will continue to be compensated by Dish under the agreement.

SBG owns and operates programmes and provide sales services to 58 television stations across 35 markets. Sinclair's television group reaches approximately 22 per cent of the US television households and includes Fox, ABC, CBS, NBC, MNT and CW affiliates.