CBS Goes Dark in More Than Dozen Cities Amid AT&T Dispute
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CBS Corp., the most-watched TV network in the U.S., is off the air in more than a dozen U.S. cities due to an impasse between the network and AT&T Inc., one of the largest pay-TV providers.
The network said in a tweet that AT&T has dropped it from its DirecTV and AT&T U-verse, which affects customers in cities such as New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, where the pay-TV operator’s logo appears in place of the CBS local channel late Friday night Pacific time. The two sides have failed to agree on the cost of CBS channels. CBS has asked for a significant price increase, AT&T said Friday. CBS said AT&T has been paying below market rate because of a deal from 2012.