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FOX-Time Warner

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Mark Giardina

So what's the deal with the FOX network and Time Warner Cable? I was watching BONES tonight and twice a crawl-screen appears with the statement that by January 2011 FOX will no longer be on Time Warner. Is this another one of those "we will pull the network unless we get more money scenarios?"
 
This is a sour repeat of the drama that played out recently in the New York City market. Fox was off TW Cable in the tri-state region right at the moment the NFL season was getting going (and Fox was carrying all the Giants games) and the World Series was about to begin. Fox 5, Fox News and other Fox-owned channels were off cable in NYC for several days. Rupert Murdoch finally got a boatload of carriage money from TW and viewers got their shows back (along with Glenn Beck's nightly bipolar displays).

Upstate, Fox cable networks other than the basic over-the-air net may not go away because the beef this time appears to be between Time-Warner and Sinclair, which owns the Fox affiliates in the upstate region and wants more $$$ to carry them(although they rented out operation of the Rochester station to Nexstar, owner of CBS affiliate WROC, which appears to be caught in the middle).
 
Bob, Fox News wasn't affected by the Cablevision dispute downstate. It (and Fox Business) are under a separate contract that wasn't up for renewal this cycle.
 
Scott Fybush said:
Bob, Fox News wasn't affected by the Cablevision dispute downstate. It (and Fox Business) are under a separate contract that wasn't up for renewal this cycle.
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They all seem to be separate.

Here, when Fox had its tiff with Dish Network, WJW/8 was along for the ride...the former Fox O&O was being represented by its network in the negotiations. But Fox did not represent its former owned station when Time Warner Cable had its dispute with Fox.

Though Fox Sports Ohio (and I believe FX) disappeared from Dish for much of October, FNC and FBN were not affected.
 
How Come Time Warner and Cablevision always have Contract disputes between Disney and Fox besides Greed and they serve LA and NYC? I never hear Comcast (xfinity) having any known contract disputes with TV stations in San Francisco.
 
This is a Sinclair vs Time Warner issue as I guess there are various Sinclair stations around the country running a similar crawl on their stations.
 
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