Comments on: Time Warner vs. Fox: Here We Go Again

By: How Online Video Affects the Time Warner Cable-Disney Retrans Spat | Hector Alvarez

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:45:32 +0000

[...] back its “Roll Over or Get Tough” marketing campaign, which it originally launched during its retrans spat with Fox at the end of last year. Disney, meanwhile, is reminding consumers they could always switch [...]

By: Is Online Video to Blame for the Time Warner Cable-Disney Retrans Spat?

Is Online Video to Blame for the Time Warner Cable-Disney Retrans Spat? — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:12:58 +0000

By: Time Warner Cable Threatens to ‘Get Tough’ Again

Time Warner Cable Threatens to ‘Get Tough’ Again — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:31:54 +0000

[...] Over or Get Tough” was first launched last winter, in the midst of Time Warner Cable’s retransmission standoff with Fox. But the marketing campaign, which is designed to educate consumers about where their cable dollars [...]

By: Cablevision and ABC Reach Deal During Academy Awards

Cablevision and ABC Reach Deal During Academy Awards — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:17:58 +0000

[...] like this one have become fairly common as broadcasters are trying to find new sources of revenue. Time Warner Cable squabbled with Fox during the recent holiday season, and earlier this year Scripps Network pulled its HGTV and Food [...]

By: ABC Threatens to Pull the Plug on Cablevision

ABC Threatens to Pull the Plug on Cablevision — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:08:37 +0000

[...] unlikely to result in subscribers’ screens going blank. As we saw with the standoff between Time Warner Cable and Fox earlier this year, and Time Warner Cable and Viacom the year before, such brinksmanship usually [...]

By: Could Retrans Fees Save the Broadcast Industry?

Could Retrans Fees Save the Broadcast Industry? — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:22:21 +0000

[...] Retrans Fees Save the Broadcast Industry? The fight over retransmission fees between Fox and Time Warner Cable last week highlights an increasingly contentious relationship [...]

By: Lory

Lory — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 21:10:02 +0000

If FOX, NBC, and CBS are broadcasting over the air for FREE. It makes no sense to charge TW for rebroadcasting their signal. TW is doing them a favor by rebroadcasting. Those channels earn money through COMMERCIALS. I'll pay $1/month for FOX if they cut out all the commercials and give me on demand on all their shows.

If TW drops FOX I would just use my HD entenna to watch FOX sports. BUT that would mean my FOX viewing would drop significantly because of the hassle.

No cable user is going to choose FOX and those other crappy networks over all the programming cable offers.

By: INTJ

INTJ — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 05:51:06 +0000

I am no fan of TimeWarner, but it makes no sense to me for broadcasters charging someone to carry a signal they broadcast (hence the name) for free, especially when it only serves to carry that signal to more of their customers. For this once, I am on TWC's side, which is in and of itself quite a feat.

By: David

David — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 03:15:15 +0000

ABC, CBS & NBC all plan on charging cable rebroadcasters for their service. CBS will likely bundle their local stations with other Viacom stations and the same will happen with the others. Really if you wanted to get the stations over the air wouldn't you have an antenna? I haven't seen a new one in use in years. With the greed evident on both sides I hope they come to a reasonable compensation so we the consumers don't get hammered when the others follow suit.

By: The Fox vs. Time Warner Spat Takes a Turn for the Insane

The Fox vs. Time Warner Spat Takes a Turn for the Insane — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:24:28 +0000

[...] Turn for the Insane We’re not just counting down to the ball dropping tonight, but also Fox channels disappearing off some Time Warner Cable users’ TVs, if the two companies can’t agree on fees for [...]