Just in time for Game 3 of a World Series that very few people in its viewing audience care seriously about, Cablevision and Fox have ended their two-week standoff. Which means Cablevision customers will have Fox stations back on the air — and they’ll be paying more for them! [More]
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Fox Says No To Cablevision Offer
By 10.27.10
First it seemed there was no chance Cablevision and Fox would settle their differences today. And then Cablevision said it was okay to pay Fox a butt load of cash… but only for one year. And now, we learn Fox has rebuffed this last-minute attempt to end the stand-off in time for Game 1 of the World Series. [More]
Cablevision Offers 1-Year Deal To Fox To End Stand-Off
By 10.27.10
We may have spoken too soon when we wrote that no resolution appeared to be on the horizon in the Fox/Cablevision water balloon war over carriage fees. [More]
No Resolution In Cablevision/Fox Fracas With Only Hours To Go To World Series Start
By 10.27.10
The World Series begins tonight on Fox, but it looks like 3 million Cablevision subscribers will have to resort to finding an antenna or watching elsewhere as the thumb-wrestling match between the cable provider and NewsCorp drags on without resolution. [More]
NFL Network Asks Cablevision: Hey, Where's Our Binding Arbitration?
By 10.26.10
During its ongoing staring contest with NewsCorp over carriage fees, Cablevision has repeatedly asked the broadcaster to enter into binding arbitration. This apparently has the folks at the NFL Network wondering why Cablevision isn’t so eager to sit down at the arbitration table with them. [More]
Will Fox's Cablevision Blackout Be Resolved Before The World Series?
By 10.22.10
We’re now in the middle of Day 7 of the Fox/Cablevision slap fight that has left millions of Cablevision subscribers from Connecticut to Pennsylvania without Fox stations. [More]
FCC Tweets Baseball Updates To Blacked Out Cablevision Customers
By 10.20.10
While some lawmakers are calling for the FCC to intervene in the Cablevision/Fox pissing match over carriage fees, the FCC made some attempt last night to keep blacked-out Phillies fans informed. [More]
Cablevision VP Blasts Fox Blackout As "Shameful"
By 10.18.10
Many people had predicted — or at least hoped — that the fee squabble that led to Fox’s Friday night decision to pull its local NYC and Philadelphia affiliates from Cablevision subscribers would have been sorted out in time for folks to enjoy Sunday afternoon football. Alas, that didn’t happen and hordes of Giants and Eagles fans were scrambling for antennas. [More]
Fox vs. Cablevision Pissing Match Ends In Baseball Blackout
By 10.16.10
Just in time for the NLCS and the World Series, the very public slap fight between NewsCorp and Cablevision hit an impasse on Friday night, with Cablevision subscribers in the New York City and Philadelphia metro areas no longer having access to their local Fox affiliates. [More]
Microsoft Trying To Buy Its Way To Search Supremacy
By 11.24.09
Microsoft wants to pay Newscorp to de-index its stories from Google, giving Bing a leg-up in searches. [More]
Rupert Murdoch Obeys the Giant
By 2.27.06
s right, you can download Obey Giant and other ‘iconoclastic’ Shepard Fairey ‘grafix’ as wallpapers for your cellphone from Mobizzo.com, a Newscorp entity.
