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UPDATE: Rainbow And AT&T Ink New Deal, ‘Mad Men’ Season Saved On AT&T U-Verse

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday July 15, 2010 @ 4:00pm PDTTags: AMC, AT&T, AT&T Rainbow Negotiations, AT&T U-verse Carriage Deal, Cable TV, Carriage Deal, Carriage Dispute, IFC, Mad Men AMC, Rainbow Media, Sundance Channel, TV, WEtv
Nellie Andreeva

at&t u-verseAT&T and Rainbow Media just announced they have reached an new carriage agreement for Rainbow’s AMC, IFC and WEtv on AT&T U-verse 16 hours after their most recent extension expired and 10 days before the fourth season premiere of Mad Men on AMC. Here is AT&T’s statement:

We’re very satisfied that we were able to reach the fair deal we wanted for our customers — one that includes the right content, across platforms, at prices that are in line with the marketplace, and that helps us with important strategic content initiatives.

Rainbow Media’s statement might shed light on a key issue in the two sides’ negotiations as it mentions the company’s Sundance Channel as a fourth channel alongside AMC, IFC and WEtv that is covered by the new agreement.

We’re pleased to have reached an agreement with AT&T for AMC, WE tv, IFC and Sundance Channel that truly recognizes the value of our networks.

AT&T had complained that Rainbow “had been trying to force the renegotiation of a contract for one of their other channels that is not yet expired,” something that AT&T initially resisted.

PREVIOUS 9AM: The midnight deadline came and went, but Rainbow Media’s AMC, IFC and WEtv stayed on AT&T U-verse systems as the two sides continue to negotiate a new carriage agreement. The two companies also went in silent mode as they try to hammer a new deal for some 2.3 million U-verse subscribers. Meanwhile, one of those subscribers emailed from Alabama to say that she had been unsuccessfully trying to get AMC and IFC but was told that those channels have never been offered on AT&T U-verse in that state. Meanwhile, there are 10 more days until the season premiere of Mad Men.

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Carriage Wars: Rainbow vs AT&T Down To Wire, ABC vs Time Warner Looming

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday July 14, 2010 @ 10:11am PDTTags: AMC Mad Men, AT&T Rainbow Negotiations, AT&T U-Verse, AT&T U-verse Carriage Deal, Cable TV, Cablevision, Cablevision Rainbow Media, Carriage Deal, Carriage Dispute, Carriage Fees, IFC, WEtv
Nellie Andreeva

at&t u-verseIf you are an AT&T U-Verse subscriber, you may lose AMC, IFC and WE tv programming at midnight tonight. Hours before the extension between Cablevision-owned Rainbow Media and AT&T is set to expire, the two sides still appear at … Read More »

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Carriage Dispute Threatens ‘Mad Men’ Debut

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday July 9, 2010 @ 2:59pm PDTTags: AMC, AMC Emmy, AT&T Rainbow Negotiations, AT&T U-verse Carriage Deal, Cable TV, Carriage Deal, Mad Men AMC, Mad Men Emmy, TV
Nellie Andreeva

UPDATED: Some 2.3 million subscribers in the country may lose AMC next week, just days before the Season 4 premiere of the network’s flagship drama Mad Men, which returns July 25. Broadband TV operator AT&T U-verse could drop Rainbow Media’s AMC, WE tv and IFC when the companies’ current carriage … Read More »

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