Fox says Time Warner Cable may drop Fox TV shows

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Source: Reuters

NEW YORK (Reuters) - News Corp's Fox television unit said on Friday that testy carriage negotiations with Time Warner Cable Inc could leave viewers unable to see Fox programing, including "American Idol" and NFL football.

Fox said it has for the past nine months attempted to "negotiate in good faith" with Time Warner Cable, the No. 2 U.S. cable operator, which serves some 14 million customers, and said those talks are ongoing.

But there is a "very likely possibility that Time Warner Cable may choose to no longer carry Fox Broadcasting, Fox Cable and Fox regional sports programing," Fox said.

Time Warner Cable confirmed that the talks are ongoing but said Fox's current demands "are unreasonable and excessive, especially in this economic climate."

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5BH2FX20091218?type=entertainmentNews

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[meegbear]

1. Comast bought out Time-Warner in my area about 10 years ago ...

DAMN YOU COMCAST!

[no limit]

2. They will come to a deal. Fights like this break out sometimes.

At worst their customers will lose fox for a day or 2. Then when people dont get their NFL or their Simpsons episodes a revolt will follow.

[Ian David]

3. Yep. They always work a deal in the end. Just hope I don't miss House. n/t

[HopeHoops]

4. Damn would that improve the cable environment!

It would be like a hog farm without piss or shit! You would still have the hogs and the muck, just no piss or shit.

[Roland99]

5. Too bad they won't drop Faux News

[Bozita]

6. Fauxnews should be a pay-per-view option. Proceeds donated to public schools and Planned Parenthood.

That'd cure more than one problem.

[quiet.american]

10. I love the way you think. nt

[Bozita]

17. Let's add ACORN to the list.

[quiet.american]

18. Even better! :) nt

[boomerbust]

7. Just got an email

From Time Warner, my cable and internet provider and they said Fox wants a 300% increase in payment for Time Warner. If these people mess with my Packer games and BCS Bowl games its bye bye to all of these greedy bums.

[WriteDown]

25. Yeah right....

The BCS has heard that before. That's why they'll be a playoff next year. :)

[nyy1998]

42. I think you missed the sarcasm sign somewhere.

That said, one could only dream of a college football playoff.

[Earth_First]

8. Sorry folks, but as much as I hate FauxNews, I still want my football on Sunday

n/t

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[Earth_First]

26. Seriously?

I am sorry that our interests do not meet eye to eye.

[movonne]

31. I think some people might think it is more important to get rid of faux

news than watching sports games...

[movonne]

30. +2

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[Blasphemer]

12. Yeah... I can't see a major cable carrier not having FOX programming

What little TV I watch these days, I watch online but that is not the case for most people. Keeping "Glee" away from the masses is a crime ;)

[WriteDown]

23. What about "House?!?!?!?!?!" nt

[WriteDown]

20. If they actually did this...

People would burn down TW headquarters.

[onehandle]

11. Yes, we all despise Fox, but this is just more evidence that the Comcast-NBC merger must be stopped.

http://www.freepress.net/comcast

[high density]

13. I hope Disney is next

Time Warner is a shitty company, but News Corp is obviously even a step below them. Now something needs to be done about the Disney/ABC/ESPN bullshit.

[Javaman]

14. Meh, I only watch the Fringe now and I watch that on Hulu.

anyone still attached to their TV is behind the times.

[NeoConsSuck]

41. And I'm sure the experience

of squinting at a computer screen is so much better than lying back on a couch watching a 46" inch LED TV.

Sorry, but there is a reason why TVs are still being manufactured and sold.

[Javaman]

49. Yes, the reason is that people are suckers. nt

[boycottfaux]

15. GOOD, Make Them Pay

When the 'loyal' faux lemmings are forced to expend extra $$$
every month, watch the ratings D-R-O-P . .

[WriteDown]

21. Yeah, those loyal lemmings of NFL football....

:eyes:

[proud2BlibKansan]

16. I don't watch any FOX shows

And I'm a Time Warner customer.

BFD. Maybe my red state hell neighbors will learn a few things if we take FOX News off their teevees.

[WriteDown]

22. Your fantasy team must suck.

:)

[proud2BlibKansan]

27. Not a big sports fan

[SemperEadem]

19. GOOD!

[damntexdem]

24. The NFL may have to reopen its contracting, since Fox will be in breach of contract.

At least I assume that the contract with Fox requires Fox to make its football programming available to the cable audience.

;-)

[dflprincess]

28. If this happens

the I.Q.s of many of Time Warner's customers will jump 50 points within a month! (I say many because this will only affect those who watch Fox News - those Time Warner customers who don't watch it now are already smart.)

[Plucketeer]

29. My thoughts as well!

Save for the educational channels, TV's a wasteland anyway! :puke:

[Tunkamerica]

53. I don't think you realize that there are hundreds of local fox affiliates

around the country whose livelihoods are directly affected by this. Including mine. It's not just Fox news, it's the Fox network programming as well. It won't affect you, but it will affect people.

[SOCALS]

32. I would rather pay a dollar more

than miss Family Guy, Simpsons or American Dad

[Codeine]

33. No Family Guy and no House

makes Codeine something something something.

[classysassy]

34. We all have to give up something

for justice to prevail.

[BlueIdaho]

35. That happened in my area when we had Adelphia

If I remember FixedNoise remained on the air but everything else disappeared.

Now we have Time Warner...

[m3e92man8850]

37. yay

[Liberalynn]

38. If it was just Fox

I wouldn't have a problem although I do want to watch the final season of Nip/Tuck on FX.

There are a lot more stations at risk too. I am an HGTV fan and that might get dropped, and I am not even sure they are going to keep my local CBS and ABC affiliates. I have an e-mail into those channels to find out. I am going to be really pissed if they drop ABC. I can still watch CBS on my one set that is not hooked to cable, but ever since the digital transition, I can no longer get my ABC affiliate or NBC affiliate on it. Its a digital set and I have an amplified indoor antenna for it, but still can't pick up their signals. To be honest I don't really care about NBC at the moment.

If this happens I am going to the Dish.

Time Warner sucks. I agree the nets should charge a fair price for retransmission and not price gouge, but TW is basically blackmailing their customers into doing their negotiations for them. Corporate assholes all.

I just hope I can keep Road Runner if I drop their cable tv service.

[ldf]

39. it wouldn't bother me one damn bit

if i could i would drop everything of fox, from my cable i would do it in a heartbeat.

i hate that my money goes to support rupert murdoch.

the only thing worth a crap on fox is the simpsons. and i would gladly sacrifice that, to stop my money going to him.

[Corey_Baker08]

40. Please Do!!! n/t

[jasi2006]

43. FOX has done more to dumb-down America than any other media outlet..

good.

[Politicub]

44. I already have Fox News blocked on my TV

That would be GREAT NEWS to have Fox News removed from the lineup, but they will reach an agreement.

This same issue came up with Viacom and some other cable carrier a few years back and they reached an agreement once people couldn't get MTV, Comedy Central and their other fave Viacom programming.

[Honeycombe8]

45. Nonsense. This is a ploy by Fox to get their viewers to hound TWC. They'll reach an agreement.

They always do.

[Jkid]

46. There always Hulu or iTunes for those who want their tv shows from FOX

But for sports, that's another story.

[madmx19790]

47. can't they just drop faux news

[bamacrat]

48. They Need to shut down Faux News on every provider.

I have U-Verse and thankfully have MSNBC so I dont have to settle for CNN like I did when I lived under Comcast rule in Bama.

[Bucky]

50. TV is dumb

that is all

[wordpix]

51. not everything is dumb---CPTV has very intelligent programs & if you

can't afford to travel, it's great to be able to "go" all over the world to see the last of the wild places and wildlife, before they're totally annihilated. :cry:

[upstandingcitizens]

52. Fox demands

TWC refuses, Fox gets dropped. Then and only then will both sides really negotiate anything meaningful and in good faith. They play this game on satellite all the time.