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Will LIN TV Stations Go Dark On Time Warner Cable?

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Thursday May 23, 2013 @ 10:23am PDTTags: Bright House Networks, LIN TV, Time Warner Cable

The broadcaster has begun to warn more than 1.5M viewers in 14 markets that its stations could disappear from Time Warner Cable and Bright House Network systems at the end of next week unless the companies reach a new retransmission consent agreement. Stations at risk include LIN TV‘s NBC, CW, and MyNetworkTV affiliates in Austin; CBS and CW stations in Buffalo, NY; NBC and CW outlets in Dayton, OH; and Fox and CW stations in Green Bay, WI. The two cable companies account for about 20.6% of LIN’s viewers, according to SNL Kagan data. LIN says on its Buffalo CBS affiliate’s website that “It costs a substantial amount of money to produce local programming, bid for top-quality programming, invest in high-definition, and make other upgrades to equipment and technology so we can deliver a superior product.” It adds in a statement that it wants “less than what Time Warner pays for many of its cable networks with far lower ratings.” But Time Warner Cable spokesman Jon Gary Herrera says that LIN is asking for a 50% rate hike, “a very steep increase from a contract negotiated two years ago.” Stations and pay TV companies typically settle retransmission consent disputes at the eleventh hour. But LIN’s stations were blacked out on Time Warner Cable for 25 days in fall 2008 when negotiations reached an impasse.

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Verizon Agrees To Pay $3.6B For Cable-Controlled Wireless Spectrum

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Friday December 2, 2011 @ 7:53am PSTTags: Bright House Networks, Comcast, Dish Network, Time Warner Cable, Verizon, Verizon Wireless

The deal looks like good news for cable operators — and Dish Network, which is amassing wireless spectrum to transmit entertainment on its own national broadband service. In effect, the cable guys are finally acknowledging that it’s too late for … Read More »

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Will Cable Companies Team Up With Sprint To Offer Wireless Services?

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Friday August 19, 2011 @ 8:40am PDTTags: AT&T, Bright House Networks, Cablevision, Comcast, Cox Communications, Sprint Nextel, T-Mobile, Time Warner Cable, Time Warner Cable CEO Glenn Britt

Cable and telecom execs are buzzing this morning about the possibility of a major deal involving Sprint Nextel that could help cable operators offer wireless services along with the standard “triple play” options: TV, wired broadband, and wired … Read More »

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Pac-12 To Launch Network in 2012

By PATRICK HIPES, Managing Editor | Wednesday July 27, 2011 @ 6:08pm PDTTags: Bright House Networks, Comcast, Cox Communications, Time Warner Cable

The Pac-12 Conference, which until July 1 was known as the Pacific-10 Conference, announced today that it is forming a national and regional sports network to launch in August 2012 that will broadcast 850 sporting events a year, including every … Read More »

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