Mediacom says Sinclair wants off its cable lineup – now

Mediacom says Sinclair Broadcasting has instructed it to take all of Sinclair’s 21 stations off the cable company’s lineup. This comes after disagreements over what carriage fees should be paid to Sinclair. Mediacom is giving out antennas to customers and launched BeFairSinclair.com. And Sinclair, not to be outdone, has been putting on-air crawls instructing viewers to consider other ways of getting their programming – like on DirecTV. (Sinclair gets a referral fee for each new customer it sends to DirecTV.)