Viacom, Dish Agree on Carriage Contract, Averting Blackout

Bloomberg: Dish Network and Viacom have reached an agreement on new payment terms that will keep channels like Comedy Central, MTV and Nickelodeon on the satellite-TV service and make them available on Dish’s online Sling TV service. The companies came together on a deal after an extended negotiation, averting a threatened blackout for Dish’s 14 million subscribers.