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Batter Up And Grab Hold: Deals Enable Baseball, Wrestling Viewing
- TV by the numbers, Thursday, April 5, 2012 3:45 PM
Two TV stories were in the news, both sports-themed. First, Chicago-based Tribune Co. reached a transmission fees deal with DirecTV, thus ending a four-day blackout -- and allowing subscribers to watch the first game of the Chicago Cubs season today. New deal is for five years.
Next, Spike TV and sports entertainment property TNA Entertainment have agreed on a multi-year extension of their exclusive deal.
Which means shows like "TNA's Impact Wrestling" will still be seen only on Spike.
