Time Warner Cable-CBS Talks Proceed as Full Blackout Averted

Time Warner Cable Inc. and CBS Corp. continued negotiations over program rights past a deadline, averting a blackout in the biggest U.S. media markets even after both sides said some signals were briefly cut off.

“At the request of CBS, we have halted going dark on their channels,” Maureen Huff, a Time Warner Cable spokeswoman, said today in an e-mailed statement. Dana McClintock, a spokesman for CBS, confirmed the two sides were continuing to negotiate. A new deadline was set for Aug. 2 at 5 p.m. New York time, Time Warner Cable said.