Our local station said they aren’t currently paying anything. Fox is asking for $1 per subscriber.
I'll probably spend more time on FR!
Hey TW, how about a price break for the loss of the channel, especially since you just raised my rate?
NewsCorp will charge for newspaper websites, says Rupert Murdoch
Rupert Murdoch expects to start charging for access to News Corporation's newspaper websites within a year as he strives to fix a "malfunctioning" business model.
this is messed up. Thats like double what other local stations pay isn’t it?
I’d get cable if I could pick 10 channels and then pay $10/mo.
I will drop Time Warner if the even drop FOX NEWS for a day. I have wanted a reason to get DISH.
LOL. 1st they have to find talent they can market, and Fox has systematically hired anyone worth listening to. Maybe Fox will pacify the RATNEWS stations by kicking Geraldo & Juan their way *snort*
Guess I’m glad I get my livestreaming Fox News Channel from TVPC.com for free! Local Fox station also. Can’t seem to find a live stream for CW though, which is a bummer.
Kerry: FCC Should Step In To Keep Fox On Time Warner
Calls on agency to intervene if retrans dispute is not resolved
By John Eggerton — Broadcasting & Cable, 12/30/2009 10:35:08 PM
Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.) has told Fox that if it does not find a way to keep its broadcast signals on the air after the Dec. 31 expiration of its contract with Time Warner, he wants the FCC to step in and mandate that interim carriage.
That came late Wednesday in response to News Corp. President Chase Carey’s letter to Kerry explaining that Fox was not interested in arbitration of the retrans dispute, which Kerry had proposed and Time Warner agreed to.
“This letter is a rejection of arbitration as a solution, but it is silent on alternative mechanisms for keeping the signal on the air post contract expiration,” said Kerry in his statement. “That is my primary goal. If FOX can find an alternative way to achieve that end or reach agreement with TWC before the contract expires, then there is no need for us to act.”
Kerry is concerned about the cable viewers who could wake up without the TV stations that will be carrying big-ticket college bowl games the first week of January.
“If FOX believes that withdrawing programming from 4 million households is its best negotiating tactic,” he said, “then I would ask the FCC to intervene and mandate continued carriage and arbitration...”
This link has all the information. Put in your Zip code to see what comes up as possibly in jeopardy of being lost at midnight tonight. Just saw commercial around here for it.