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Deadline: Subscribers to AT&T’s DirecTV and U-verse don’t have to worry about losing access to Tribune Media’s local stations and WGN America. The companies say that they have a multi-year agreement to continue carriage. The previous deal expired Sept. 30 and was extended to Oct. 20. There’s no word yet on details including financial terms, or whether there’s any expansion of AT&T’s streaming rights. But the agreement helps Tribune’s effort to convert WGN America from a superstation to a basic cable channel. AT&T will offer it on both of its services beginning Nov. 1. By January 1 the channel is to be fully distributed on DirecTV and U-verse.