Dish & Ted Turner Make a Deal

A little TOO close.

EchoStar, Turner make carriage deal

EchoStar Communications and Turner Broadcasting have reached an “agreement in principle” on a new carriage deal, according to both companies. The new agreement would cover carriage of Turner-owned networks including CNN, Cartoon Network and Turner Classic Movies on EchoStar’s Dish Network satellite service. Neither company would comment on terms of the deal, which has yet to be finalized. The deadline on an extension to the previous deal, which lapsed at the end of last year, would have expired at midnight tonight, according to sources familiar with the negotiations. A formal announcement of the deal is expected today.