garyrulez
12-31-2009, 12:49 PM
Hey people...it's me, Gary.
If any of you people have Time Warner [and I'm betting some of you do, because a) it's the biggest cable provider in the country and b) I'm one of you people] listen up!
Time Warner and Fox are in a massive pissing contest with each other due to the fees Fox is being paid by TW for their lineup of channels. Essentially, the way it works is that TW would pay a per-subscriber fee for a provider's lineup of channels. Like, with Disney, TW might pay, say, 50 cents per subscriber for all the ESPN, ABC, and Disney channels.
Fox's contract with TW is up, and they're adding a new wrinkle to the negotiations: typically, the providers give the cable companies the "free" channels (ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX) for free, under the theory that, well, if you didn't have cable, you'd get it free anyways. Now, Fox wants not only a massive per-subscriber increase, but they also want to get paid for the Fox channel itself. The total increase they're looking for is roughly 300%.
They are threatening to completely cut-off Time Warner from all Fox channels, which would mean Fox, Speed, all Fox Sports networks, Fox Soccer, Fox Reality, and FX will go bye bye.
When? TONIGHT. Yeah- unless they reach an agreement, they're claiming they will pull the plug as the ball drops.
That means no bowl games, no NFL playoffs, and in a couple of weeks, no Glee, 24, or American Idol.
How about them apples???
If any of you people have Time Warner [and I'm betting some of you do, because a) it's the biggest cable provider in the country and b) I'm one of you people] listen up!
Time Warner and Fox are in a massive pissing contest with each other due to the fees Fox is being paid by TW for their lineup of channels. Essentially, the way it works is that TW would pay a per-subscriber fee for a provider's lineup of channels. Like, with Disney, TW might pay, say, 50 cents per subscriber for all the ESPN, ABC, and Disney channels.
Fox's contract with TW is up, and they're adding a new wrinkle to the negotiations: typically, the providers give the cable companies the "free" channels (ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX) for free, under the theory that, well, if you didn't have cable, you'd get it free anyways. Now, Fox wants not only a massive per-subscriber increase, but they also want to get paid for the Fox channel itself. The total increase they're looking for is roughly 300%.
They are threatening to completely cut-off Time Warner from all Fox channels, which would mean Fox, Speed, all Fox Sports networks, Fox Soccer, Fox Reality, and FX will go bye bye.
When? TONIGHT. Yeah- unless they reach an agreement, they're claiming they will pull the plug as the ball drops.
That means no bowl games, no NFL playoffs, and in a couple of weeks, no Glee, 24, or American Idol.
How about them apples???