Viacom, NCTC renew carriage deal
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Michelle Clancy
| 31 July 2019

Viacom and The National Cable Television Cooperative (NCTC) in the US have renewed their distribution agreement, allowing for continued carriage of Viacom’s media networks by NCTC’s more than 750 member pay-TV companies.

“We are pleased to reach an early agreement that extends our long-standing partnership with the NCTC,” said Tom Gorke, EVP, head of distribution and business development, Viacom.

“NCTC operators play an essential role in serving local communities, and we look forward to continuing to work closely with them to help drive member priorities and entertain their customers with our leading portfolio of entertainment brands.”

Judy Meyka, EVP of programming for NCTC, added: “Viacom is a great partner, and the early renewal of our Viacom agreement reinforces our strengthened relationship. We are happy to have reached a deal that provides value to all parties and, more importantly, provides our members and their customers with continued access to compelling content and programming options from Viacom.”

Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.