FOX wants to charge them $1 per subscriber for their FREE, OVER-THE-AIR local channel. FOX charges other cable companies about 25 cents per subscriber.
How much do ABC, CBS and NBC charge Time-Warner per subscriber? That's the only valid comparison. And I'd bet it is at least $1 per subscriber.
For many years, Fox has lived with a lower rate of remuneration, because they were in the process of building their audience and expanding distribution.
Fox is now in a position to capitalize on the groundwork they've laid with superior programming that has captured a higher share of audience. They are perfectly within their business rights to demand compensation equivalent to -- if not greater than -- the other networks.
In the end, Times-Warner dare not drop any of the Fox programming.
I think on some systems they actually paid to have FoxNews carried.