Beginning next year, it will start running three new high-definition channels -- ABC Family HD, Disney Channel HD and ESPNEWS HD -- as they launch. Terms of the agreements were not disclosed. Similar to a deal last November with Comcast, there is a retransmission consent provision that permits Time Warner to retransmit seven owned-and-operated ABC stations. The Comcast retrans deal is thought to be worth about $1 billion. No ESPN broadband properties were included in the deal and neither was college net ESPNU.
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