By City News Service April 4, 2012



A five-year agreement was reached Wednesday allowing DirecTV to resume retransmitting KTLA-TV Channel 5, Tribune Broadcasting's 22 other local stations and WGN America. The stations' signals returned to DirecTV customers at about 6 p.m.

DirecTV was forced to drop the stations from its service early Sunday when the two sides were unable to reach a new agreement after the old one expired.

The feud stemmed from a disagreement about how much DirecTV should pay Tribune to retransmit the over-the-air broadcasts through the satellite provider's service. Although people can watch local stations for free using an antenna, cable and satellite television providers must pay retransmission fees to rebroadcast the content.

Terms of Wednesday's agreement were not disclosed.
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Well, that didn't last long. All you DirecTV subscribers can sigh a sigh of relief, you have your Tribune stations back, but don't expect your bill not to go up.