Dish Gets Closer to a Web TV Launch With A&E Deal

Dish Networks, which says it wants to launch an Internet TV service in 2014, is getting closer to its goal: The satellite TV company has signed a deal with A&E Networks that lets it stream the cable programmer’s shows on the Web.

The deal gives Dish the rights to stream live and on-demand programming from A&E’s lineup of channels, which include A&E, History and Lifetime.