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FARGO - Local CBS affiliate KXJB and service provider DirecTV reached a deal tonight to end a blackout that extended more than two months. The deal allows DirecTV customers to watch North Dakota State University Bison men's basketball game Friday against the University of Kansas. KXJB...

FARGO - There's been little progress in the negotiations between local CBS affiliate KXJB and satellite cable provider DirecTV, so satellite subscribers who want to watch March Madness should start making other plans, KXJB's general manager said Monday. "Since there's no resolution...

The end to analog television is back on schedule, though a reprieve would have little effect on local stations. The switch to all-digital TV broadcasts, mandated by federal law to happen by Feb. 17, was poised to be pushed to June 12 after the U.S. Senate unanimously approved the...

Negotiations over the fee that satellite cable provider DirecTV pays to broadcast local CBS affiliate KXJB are still stalled, both station management and a DirecTV spokesman said. Lacking a deal on the per-subscriber fee, KXJB was removed from DirecTV lineups in the Red River Valley...

The removal of the local CBS affiliate from the region's DirecTV satellite cable systems has sparked a large response, the station's general manager said today, but negotiations to return the signal to DirecTV are still stalled. "I've been on the phone pretty much all day talking...