After stations went dark, Nexstar has reached a carriage agreement with Altice USA, restoring programming to two million Optimum TV subscribers.

Nextstar and Optimum have reached a carriage deal that will restore programming to Altice customers in the United States, the companies announced Saturday. The deal comes days after NewsNation and network and local programming provided by 63 of Nexstar Media Group's television stations in 42 markets went dark.

Altice USA has sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission complaining about Nexstar’s handling of retransmission consent negotiations, which recently led to a blackout of 63 Nexstar stations in 42 of the cable operator’s Optimum markets.

Altice USA has settled its distribution spat with Nexstar Media Group, restoring dozens of local TV channels and NewsNation to its platform. This article, Optimum restores Nexstar channels as carriage dispute ends,

WPIX/11 went dark in Optimum cable homes late Friday, when its parent company Altice pulled the station's signal from New York-area cable systems. Dozens of other stations owned by Ch. 11 parent Nexstar were also dropped by Altice, affecting some 4.6 million subscribers in 21 states.