Sunbeam and DirecTV have reached a retrans agreement that insures, for one thing, that the Super Bowl will not be blacked out on Sunbeam's Boston NBC affiliate.

The agreement covers WHDH and WLVI Boston and WSVN Miami and comes after calls from Massachusetts legislators to the parties and to the FCC to get a deal done before the big game, which features the New England Patriots.

"We are pleased to have reached an agreement to end the Sunbeam blackout, and regret that any of our customers were forced into the middle of a business dispute where they should never have been in the first place," said DirecTV. "We believe, like many, the public interest is best served by allowing customers to keep their local broadcast stations as we negotiate future agreements, rather than being denied access by broadcast stations and used as leverage in what should be a private business matter."

"We are pleased that we reached an agreement with DirecTV, and we appreciate our viewers' patience during this tough negotiation," said Robert Leider, executive VP and GM of Sunbeam.