Time Warner, Ohio Net End Bitter Retrans War.(Brief Article)

Multichannel News, June, 2000 by MOSS, LINDA

Another Time Warner Cable retransmission-consent dispute has been settled amicably. Roughly six months after a bitter public showdown last year, Time Warner Communications and Ohio News Network have reached a one-year carriage deal that will put the all-news channel on the cable operator's digital tier throughout the "Buckeye State." The agreement -- the result of talks that started in January -- provides for the addition of ONN to digital service on Time Warner's Ohio divisions in Columbus, Cincinnati, Dayton and Akron.

The MSO serves 1.4 million subscribers in Ohio. So far, it has rolled out digital in front of 861,000 homes, with roughly 90,000 actual digital subscribers to date. In Columbus, where Time Warner has 305,000 subscribers,...

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