The Weather Channel Agrees to DirecTV's Terms

The Weather Channel will return to DirecTV starting Wednesday after resolving its carriage dispute with the satellite television carrier.

The deal will result in the weather-centric station cutting its reality programming during the week by half, the Weather Channel said in a press release.

The channel had been demanding a $0.01 increase in its per-subscriber payment from DirecTV. It settled for less than that, according to The Wall Street Journal.

The Weather Channel reportedly commands about $0.13 per subscriber, far less than $5.54 by ESPN or $0.60 by CNN, according to estimates from SNL Kagan. Read more...