NEW YORK (Reuters) – AT&T Inc reached a deal with Scripps Networks on Sunday, resuming access to popular channels like the Food Network and Cooking Channel for its U-verse customers.
AT&T's 2.7 million U-verse television customers had lost access on Friday to the Scripps Networks' channels after negotiations over programing fees hit an impasse.
"We're very satisfied that this is a fair deal that benefits our U-verse customers," AT&T said in a statement.
"The terms and costs of the deal recognize our growing subscriber base and give us the tools and content rights to compete with all other providers."
AT&T U-verse had said on Friday that Scripps, which also owns HGTV and GAC, was asking AT&T to pay "double what other competitors pay." AT&T also said at the time that Scripps Networks wanted a "premium price for inferior access to their content for our customers on other platforms."
AT&T U-verse and Scripps Networks were the latest companies battling over programing fees in a year packed with disputes.
News Corp's Fox was recently involved in two disputes with Cablevision Systems Corp and Dish Network Corp subscribers that involved a blackout of some Fox programing.
Last March Cablevision customers lost Walt Disney Co's ABC for several hours until 15 minutes into the live telecast of the Academy Awards.
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