Cablevision, CBS Ink New Carriage Pact

Cablevision's Optimum Online customers will have entree to CBS All Access and Showtime Internet services, making it the first multichannel video programming distributor to provide the online CBS offerings, the companies said Tuesday, saying they signed a new, multiyear carriage agreement. The deal covers retransmission consent for CBS-owned stations and continuing carriage of CBS Sports Network, Showtime and Smithsonian Channel. Cablevision and CBS gave no details on pricing or timing for the Optimum Online offerings.