The threatened loss of televised football games, including Sunday's Cowboys-Packers clash, is over for Dish and Sling TV customers.

Dish announced early Sunday that it reached a long-term agreement with Fox to restores the network and its related sports channels to the satellite company's subscribers. It also returns the stations to Dish's streaming service, Sling TV.

Terms of the agreement weren't disclosed. It covers Fox-owned local stations, and sports channels FS1 and FS2, BTN, Fox Soccer Plus and Fox Deportes.

In a brief statement issued at 6:30 a.m. CT Sunday, Dish said: "We appreciate our customers' patience as we worked to reach a long-term agreement that restores the Fox networks and local broadcast stations."

Fox's cable sports networks and local stations in 17 major U.S. markets went dark Sept. 26 in a dispute over the networks' cost. The markets included Dallas-Fort Worth, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Houston.

The dispute affected Dish's 12 million satellite households and millions more who subscribe to Sling TV.

For Dish customers in North Texas, a prolonged blackout had threatened to interrupt upcoming football broadcasts, including Sunday's Cowboys game and the Texas-Oklahoma game on Oct. 12.

These types of blackouts have become increasingly common as broadcasters seek to charge cable and satellite TV providers more. Those costs eventually show up on customers' bills.