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Cablevision Nears Deal for Sundance

Published on May 07, 2008 | Email this article

Cablevision is close to an agreement to buy the Sundance Channel in a cash and stock deal valued at nearly $500 million, according to people close to the situation.

The cable operator has also made a $650 million bid for Long Island newspaper Newsday.

Owning Sundance will give Cablevision a stronger position in the independent-film programming market, writes the Wall Street Journal. It already owns film channel IFC which, at the end of 2007, was in 42 million homes. Sundance currently reaches 28 million.

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