Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBGI) announced that it has entered into agreements with the NBC Television Network for the renewal of the NBC affiliations in five Sinclair markets that expired December 31, 2015. The NBC affiliations were also renewed in four markets by the licensees of stations that Sinclair provides sales and other services to under joint sales agreements. The markets being renewed are listed below and include six of the ten biggest markets where Sinclair either owns or provides services to an NBC station. The Company's remaining NBC affiliation agreements (including a station to which Sinclair provides services) do not expire until a later date.
Sinclair's Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Barry Faber, who oversees Sinclair's relationships with its networks, stated, "We are pleased to continue our relationship with NBC, a provider of popular entertainment and sports programming. This programming includes such great sports programming as the NFL, which is increasing on NBC this year as a result of their addition of Thursday night games, and both the winter and upcoming summer Olympics, top unscripted programming like The Voice, highly rated evening and morning news programming, great scripted shows including established favorites like Law & Order: SVU, as well as new hits like Blindspot, and the top late night programming, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallonand Late Night with Seth Meyers. We are confident that these renewals of these stations' affiliation agreements will pay substantial dividends in both advertising sales and net retransmission consent revenues."
The markets owned and operated by Sinclair being renewed are:
San Antonio, TX
Providence, RI-New Bedford, MA
Toledo, OH
Syracuse, NY
Traverse City/Cadillac, MI
The markets being renewed and in which Sinclair provides sales and other services to pursuant to a joint sales agreement are:
Mobile, AL/Pensacola, FL
Flint/Saginaw/Bay City, MI
Eugene, OR
Gainesville, FL
About Sinclair:
Sinclair is one of the largest and most diversified television broadcasting companies in the country. Including pending transactions, the Company owns, operates and/or provides services to 173 television stations in 81 markets, broadcasting 484 channels and having affiliations with all the major networks. Sinclair is the leading local news provider in the country, as well as a producer of live sports content. Sinclair's content is delivered via multiple platforms, including over-the-air, multi-channel video program distributors, and digital platforms. The Company regularly uses its website as a key source of Company information which can be accessed atwww.sbgi.net.
