"If a deal slides from this year to early next year that's fine by us. It's more important to get the deals right because the deals last for three to five years," Greenburg said, according to Reuters.

The executive blamed the poor economy as the reason why more TV providers have not added Epix.

DIRECTV, Comcast and Time Warner have all publicly expressed that they are unlikely to add the channel at this time.

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