NCTC, AMC ink carriage agreement, avoiding a blackout


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Michelle Clancy

| 05 January 2016




The National Cable TV Cooperative (NCTC) and AMC Networks have ended their TV carriage dispute, avoiding a blackout situation for hundreds of thousands of pay-TV subscribers.



"We are pleased to have reached a new distribution agreement with NCTC," said Bob Broussard, president of network sales, AMC. "We have enjoyed a long and successful partnership with NCTC, and we look forward to continuing to provide our popular and acclaimed programming to NCTC members and their customers."

"We appreciate AMC Networks' willingness to take the time to understand our members' unique challenges and concerns, and their creativity to construct an agreement that addresses the concerns of many of our members," said Judy Meyka, executive VP of programming, NCTC. "AMC Networks has made a significant investment in the programming on their networks and we are pleased that our members have the option to continue offering this programming to their customers."

NCTC represents more than 700 cable systems. It said that AMC was asking for fee increases of as much as 400% in some cases.

AMC still has trouble elsewhere — it was recently removed from the line-up at GCI in Alaska.