Treats For Broadcasters at Public Expense
November 05, 2010 at 11:11 AM EDT
This Halloween, News Corporation’s Fox Broadcasting joined in on the trick-or-treating. The trick: blocking over-the-air stations for cable television subscribers. The treat: big fees. News Corp. and Cablevision Systems Corp. (CVC) had been locked in negotiations over fees since Oct. 15, when their previous agreement expired. The day the contract ended, Fox stations disappeared from [...]