WarnerMedia, Comcast renew deal for channel carriage, adding CNN streaming
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WarnerMedia (T
+0.8%) and Comcast Cable (CMCSA
+0.5%) have a multi-year renewal of content carriage rights, ensuring WarnerMedia's cable networks stay available on Comcast systems.
That includes such channels as TBS, TNT, CNN, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, TCM, truTV, HLN and CNN En EspaÃ±ol, as well as on-demand and "TV Everywhere" content for Xfinity TV customers.

As with many other carriage renewals these days, the new deal adds some digital aspects. It's the first distribution agreement for streaming subscription service CNN+, headed for a launch this quarter and to Comcast customers later in the year.
CNN+ will offer "original, live, on demand and interactive programming as a standalone direct-to-consumer service with offerings that are separate and distinct from CNN, CNN International, HLN and CNN en EspaÃ±ol linear TV channels," the companies say.
At launch, CNN+ will feature 8-10 hours of live daily programming.
WarnerMedia also reportedly has renewed its carriage deal with Altice USA (ATUS
-0.6%), though THR notes that deal doesn't cover CNN+.
CNN+ is hiring up: It's just added long-time NPR host Audie Cornish, and last month came news that Fox News was losing Chris Wallace to the new enterprise.