Sinclair, DIRECTV agree to short-term extension

Satellite subscribers will not lose access to Fox 23 KBSI today after an agreement reached Thursday evening between the station's owners and satellite provider DIRECTV.

According to a news release issued by Sinclair Broadcast Group, which owns KBSI, a retransmission consent agreement was reached. The companies have entered into a short-term extension of its existing agreement to allow the parties to enter into a formal agreement. As a result, DIRECTV will continue to carry KBSI.

"We're thrilled to not be losing the relationship with DIRECTV," said Mike Smythe, general manager of KBSI and WDKA 49 in Paducah, Ky. "We want all of our viewers to be happy, and that includes DIRECTV viewers."

DIRECTV would have stopped broadcasting KBSI to its subscribers today if an agreement had not been reached.

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