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Disney and Cablevision go to Oscar Blackout...before Switching the Signal Back Again




By Sébastien ODDOS member of a.d.c.i. - Date : 2010-03-09 - Country : ETATS-UNIS - Subject : Economics - IP Field : Communication


 The New York Times runs a story about the last minute truce between Disney and Cablevision. Let’s rewind a bit...were these two at war and what was at stake?

Cable providers like CableVision (the 5th largest cable company in the US) have long paid important fees to carry cable-only channels like ESPN and TNT. However, they have resisted against paying fees to networks for retransmitting the signal of their traditional broadcast channels. This situation is increasingly upsetting the networks with the decline of their TV advertising revenues.

The fight between Disney and Cablevision reached a dramatic climax when, early Sunday morning (on ABC’s highest rated [...]

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