A licensing battle between Cablevision and Scripps Networks Interactive has left Cablevision subscribers in the New York, New Jersey and Connecticut without the Food Network and HGTV since January 1, but the networks announced Wednesday that they are teaming up with local stations to broadcast some of the networks’ popular shows.
Food and HGTV have reached a deal with WPIX-TV in New York and WTXX-TV in Hartford, Conn. to broadcast encore presentations of “Iron Chef” and “HGTV Dream Home 2010 Tour.”
Subscribers in the New York tri-state area can watch “Super Chef Battle: An Iron Chef America Event” on Sunday, Jan. 10 from 8-10pm Eastern time on WPIX-TV (New York channel 11) and WTXX-TV (Hartford channel 20). The show originally aired on the Food Network on Jan. 3 and features a culinary competition between chefs Mario Batali, Bobby Flay, Emeril Lagasse, and White House executive chef Cristeta Comerford.
Meanwhile, the “HGTV Dream Home Tour 2010,” will air on WPIX-TV on Friday, Jan. 8 at 3pm. Each year, the network builds a dream home and awards it, along with a prize package that this year includes a 2010 GMC Terrain and $500,000 in cash, to one lucky viewer. This year’s home is a contemporary Pueblo-style home near Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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