Few Viewers for Infancy of Fox Business (6,300 viewers per day!)

New York Times ^ | 1/4/08 | JACQUES STEINBERG and BRIAN STELTER

[jalisco555]

I've watched Fox Business a few times and found the format pretty dull. I actually prefer CNBC, particularly in the morning. I have a feeling that the Murdoch/Ailes magic isn't working this time. But it is early.

[MizSterious]

Dish Network doesn’t even carry it. Hard to watch it, if your tv provider doesn’t carry it.

[TomGuy]

If my cable even carries it, it is on one of their digital special tiers with a 8-10 junk channels.

If it turns out to be as big a disappoint as FoxNews has become, I won’t miss it.

[kittymyrib]

Since our Dish medium-priced package doesn’t carry Fox Business, I haven’t seen it. Distribution is definitely a problem.

[BunnySlippers]

All our TVs at work are in CNBC. We’ve been dying to get Fox Business. When our cable provider here in Los Angeles begins to carry it, we will be watching it.

It’s a matter of having access.

[jalisco555]

I get it through Time Warner Cable. It’s channel 104, and I had to hunt through all the channels just to find it. It’s sure been a quiet rollout as far as I can tell.

[Condor51]

I can't find the dang station.

Comcast supposedly added it from day one but I'll be darned if I know where it is. I've searched and searched to no avail. So I gave up.

[jalisco555]

All our TVs at work are in CNBC. We’ve been dying to get Fox Business.

What's the objection to CNBC? I've always kind of liked it.

[BunnySlippers]

No objection to CNBC. I watch it all day.

I’d like to see Fox only to see what it’s like.

[John W]

Dish doesn’t have it, period.

[WackySam]

All our TVs at work are in CNBC. We’ve been dying to get Fox Business.

You're not missing very much. Fox business is terrible. I expect major programming changes and more than a few heads to roll in the coming months.

[avital2]

as a professional, i have plenty of objections to CNBC. there is too much hype, rah, rah, hysteria, noisemakers, goofing around - i spend all day calming people down. i prefer Bloomberg - business news straight up.

[TheEaglehasLanded]

My cable system doesn’t carry it, how many people even have access to it. Looks like the left is doing what they did to Fox News originally and try to keep it off of most cable and satellite systems and say see noone wants the programming.

Call your cable provider if you want to give it a try.

[Friendofgeorge]

Dish Network doesn’t even carry it. Hard to watch it, if your tv provider doesn’t carry it.

EXACTLY!! I would love to watch it but can`t get it, I am sure this is the main reason.

btw, The NYTIMES should be burnt to the ground.

[jalisco555]

You're not missing very much. Fox business is terrible.

The whole "Bunch of people sitting on a couch and chatting." format is awful. Deadly dull.

[Friendofgeorge]

If it turns out to be as big a disappoint as FoxNews has become, I won’t miss it.

I am disappointed with Fox News right now as well. I still watch it a lot but have lost all respect for Hanitty because he is in the tank for Rudy. They have not been fair and balanced towards Fred Thompson either. I wish they would have a conservative with his own show.

[Pining_4_TX]

I would watch it if I could get it on my cable. I am so disgusted with having channels I don’t want and not being able to just get the channels I do want. Blasted local cable monopoly. Let’s get some real competition.

[hsmomx3]

I have not seen it advertised on DISH and have never seen a channel number for it, either.

[NautiNurse]

I hope the FBN hangs in there. Unfortunately, they launched the network when the markets have been sucking wind. Not much pleasure in hearing bad news about your investments day after day.

[hsmomx3]

What is it with DISH? They don’t even carry Fox News Channel on all of their plans? This is stupid, in my opinion.