CBS stations go dark for DirecTV customers amid contract dispute with AT&T

CBS Corp and AT&T Inc failed to renew their contact, resulting in millions of Di...

) failed to renew their contact, resulting in millions of DirecTV subscribers losing access to CBS programming.

“While we continue to negotiate in good faith and hope that AT&T agrees to fair terms soon, this loss of CBS programming could last a long time,” CBS added, as the companies blamed one another for the deal’s collapse. In a separate statement AT&T said that they “were willing to continue to negotiate and also offered to pay CBS an unprecedented rate increase.”

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