NFL, 'Idol' After All: Time Warner Cable, Fox Announce Deal on Broadcasts

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NFL, 'Idol' After All: Time Warner Cable, Fox Announce Deal on Broadcasts
Football Fans Breathe Easier as Cable Giants Reach an Unspecified Agreement
By ALICE GOMSTYN and DALIA FAHMY
Jan. 1, 2010


Evidently, there will be Fox NFL playoff football, "American Idol" and "Simpsons" cartoons for Time Warner Cable's millions of viewers, after all.

The cable company and Fox Networks Group announced Friday evening that they've struck a deal, ending a dispute over carriage fees that had Fox threatening to yank it's programming off Time Warner Cable systems.

"We're pleased that, after months of negotiations, we were able to reach a fair agreement with Time Warner Cable -- one that recognizes the value of our programming," said Chase Carey, deputy chairman, president and chief operating officer of the News Corporation, parent company of Fox, in a joint statement with Time Warner Cable.

"We're happy to have reached a reasonable deal with no disruption in programming for our customers," added Glenn Britt, chairman, president and CEO of Time Warner Cable, in the same written joint statement.

Time Warner Cable subscribers did not seen a disruption in service today as the cable company and News Corp. extended negotiations past a midnight deadline, according to the Wall Street Journal.

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[Statistical]

1. All of the broadcast networks will do the same now too.

Not that I can blame them.

ESPN collects $2.25 per person even if they never watch the channel.

The broadcast networks in the past got $0.00 (they cable companies offered to air them for "no cost").

Although the ratings for big networks have fallen top shows on networks still draw a magnitude more than specialty channels and they got $0.00 for it.

The advertising only model is dying and networks need some revenue sharing w/ cable cos.