According to Variety.com:

Cabler bids $2.5 mil per episode

BY DENISE MARTIN - A&E has won the battle for HBO's "The Sopranos."
Cabler is expected to formally announce today that it has acquired the critically acclaimed mob drama, edging the competish with a winning bid north of $2.5 million per episode. The record-breaking sum is the largest per-episode pricetag paid for an off-net series in history.

A&E beat out several cable nets -- including HBO corporate sib TNT, which had been locked in a bidding war with A&E since last week -- for all 78 episodes of the series including the upcoming sixth season. A&E will be able to begin airing the series in fall 2006.

FX, USA and Spike had also been in the running.

I'm reading this and wondering how much we'll actually see. I know most of what I'm used to seeing on A&E is edited to the point of being unwatchable. Tony and crew won't be the same unless they can say whatever they want. Could be interesting to say the least.