Fox News cuts carriage deal with Cablevision

Cory Bergman October 16th, 2006

The industry has been watching Fox News’ negotiations with Cablevision very carefully, and today there’s word of a deal. A source tells Broadcasting & Cable that both sides have agreed to “an average of more than 75 cents” in subscriber fees — a big hike compared to Fox News’ current take of 25 cents per sub and a less than the cable network’s demands for $1.

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  • 1. Donnie MacIntyre  |  October 16th, 2006 at 1:19 pm

    Has Cablevision been carrying Fox News for the past two weeks since the original contract expired on October 7th?

  • 2. Safran  |  October 16th, 2006 at 2:49 pm

    That’s an astonishing amount. Good for Fox, I guess. I never would have bet they’d get that.

  • 3. Anonymous  |  October 16th, 2006 at 3:54 pm

    Not at all astonishing, Safran, if you compare apples to apples. Look, for example, at what CNN gets compared to its viewership levels. And keep in mind that FNC lowballed their rate for the first ten years just to get carriage. They’ve more than earned their keep since then. One dollar gets headlines but this sensible figure will set the price for the rest of the MSOs.

  • 4. Anonymous  |  October 16th, 2006 at 4:40 pm

    ESPN and now this, great reason to get all channels a la carte.

  • 5. Holden  |  October 17th, 2006 at 11:06 am

    Anonymous is right, although FNC not only lowballed its rate early on but also paid Cablevision to run the channel in certain markets. Now that they’ve surpassed CNN and completely eclipsed MSNBC, I think its fully reasonable for FNC to be getting the carriage rates it deserves.

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