Documents filed earlier in the dispute show a difference between Sinclair's asking price and Mediacom's offer of about $1 million. Rocco Commisso, Mediacom's chief executive, says the company is pleased that Time Warner's viewers "did not have to endure the same blackout of the Sinclair stations that Mediacom customers have gone through the past two weeks." Now that Sinclair has reached a long term deal with Time Warner, whose terms presumably reflect the current market for retransmission consent, Commisso wants the same deal for Mediacom.
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