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Name: News Corporation
Age: 31
Occupation: media conglomerate
Last Seen: New York and Surry Hills, Australia
Bee-otched For: making it harder to watch their programming
Age: 31
Occupation: media conglomerate
Last Seen: New York and Surry Hills, Australia
Bee-otched For: making it harder to watch their programming
Looks like Dish Network isn't the only company that has issues with Fox.
As we all know, Dish is embroiled in a battle with Fox's owner, News Corporation over retransmission rights with Fox Sports Network, FX and National Geographic Channel. At the end of the month, the contract to carry Fox's owned and operated TV stations on Dish will expire, meaning that people in cities like New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Detroit and others will lose their local Fox - and in some markets, MyNetworkTV - affiliates if the two sides can't make up a deal.
Now, another provider is having their beef with Fox. Cablevision has lost their contract to carry Fox stations WNYW/New York, WTXF/Philadelphia and MyNetworkTV affiliate WWOR/Secaucus-New York with NatGeo and Fox Business. Even worse, Fox is carrying the National League Championships, which the Phillies are playing in, angering many in Philadelphia.
Cablevision is a pioneer in the cable TV business, founded in 1973 by Charles Dolan, who also created HBO. Today, Cablevision owns many cable channels, including AMC, IFC, Fuse and We TV. They also own New York newspaper Newsday. They also once had the legendary Madison Square Garden and the teams that play there, the Knicks, the Liberty and the Rangers. However, James Dolan - Charles' son - is still the chairman for both companies.
Cablevision is the eighth-largest cable provider in America, covering New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and parts of Pennsylvania.
Oh, and like the chairmen of News Corp. and Dish, Charles Dolan is rich. According to Forbes, he's worth $2.5 billion.
Like Dish, Cablevision is well-known for their fights with their suppliers; in recent months, they've had battles with ABC over the carriage of their stations in Philly and New York and even Food Network and their sisters.
So now, Fox is having battles with both Dish AND Cablevision and the loser, once again is the viewer, who now has to go to the bar just to watch the game. Thankfully, Fox-TV is available over the air with an antenna. But Fox Sports Net and FX is a different story.
As I mentioned, Dolan's worth $2.5 billion. Charlie Ergen, CEO and founder of Dish is worth $4 billion. But Rupert Murdoch is rich, too, with $6.2 billion in his pocket. Right now, News Corp is basically trying to siphon more and more money out of the pockets of the poor souls who watch TV. With the way the recession's working out, why? This country's unemployment rate's at 9.7% and we don't need to waste more and more money into Uncle Rupert's little teabagger operation. As a result, he's holding our favorite shows hostage for many people, like Red Wing Hockey, The Simpsons, Family Guy, and Glee.
OK, he can keep Glee, but the point is, is that many people are dumping cable and satellite left and right because we have too many damn channels as-is. Yeah, it creates jobs, but who in reality watches BET, E!, Fuse or even The Hallmark Channel? Yeah. We buy 200 channels a month, but we only watch five of 'em.
With technology improving, who REALLY needs cable nowadays? With a good computer and connection, we can watch our favorite shows online. Over-the-air shows (NBC, CBS, etc.) can be seen with an antenna and so on.
Careful, Charles, Charlie and Rupert. You're getting owned.
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