Fox Channel

[CATCH17]

So are they going off of Cable?

My local news said they may be off by midnight if something doesn't get settled.

 

[Jon88]

I haven't heard anything about it. Fox is one of the free channels here.

 

[Avaj]

I found this article:
http://www.indystar.com/article/20091231/LOCAL/91231017/Bright-House-could-lose-Fox-programming

News Corp. said it was not likely an agreement would be reached with Time Warner Cable Inc. and Bright House Networks by midnight tonight, meaning millions of subscribers in Indiana and across the country will probably lose Fox programming on New Year’s Day.
“We deeply regret that millions of Fox customers will be deprived of our programming,” Chief Operating Officer Chase Carey said today in a memo to employees. “We need to receive fair compensation from Time Warner Cable to go forward.”

In Indianapolis, several stations will go dark, including FX, Fuel, Fox Reality Channel, Speed Channel, Fox Soccer Channel, Fox Movie Channel, Fox Sports en Espanol, Fox Sports Midwest, Fox Atlantic, Fox Pacific and Fox Central.
Local Fox affiliate WXIN (Channel 59) is owned by Tribune Co., not Fox, so it isn't part of the negotiations and won't go dark. Fox News won't either.
In larger markets, including New York and Los Angeles, they will lose shows such as “24,” “Family Guy,” “Glee” and several sporting events, including the Sugar Bowl on Friday, the Cotton Bowl on Saturday and the NFL's final regular season games Sunday.
The cable companies and Fox Broadcasting, owned by News Corp., have been unable to come to terms on a new contract on retransmission fees since midyear, Carey said.
U.S. Senator John Kerry has threatened to intervene by asking the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to force Fox to keep its signal turned on.
A day earlier, Fox rebuffed Time Warner’s request for arbitration before the FCC and declined a proposed extension that would allow Fox stations to remain on the air while the parties negotiate.
Fox spokesman Scott Grogin had no comment on the arbitration offer.
Jen Howard, an FCC spokeswoman, also declined to comment on whether the agency may mediate the dispute.
“Fox isn’t looking for fair compensation and we too are prepared to be without the Fox signal,” Time Warner spokesman Alex Dudley said. “We hope Fox doesn’t punish our customers, but that decision is up to them.”
The dispute centers on the price New York-based Time Warner, the second biggest U.S. cable operator, should pay to air football games and shows like “American Idol.” Fox wants as much as $1 a month per subscriber, two people with knowledge of the matter said. Time Warner wants about 20 cents, said one of the people.
Rich Greenfield, an analyst at Pali Capital LLC in New York, wrote that Time Warner Cable may have to pay Fox at least 50 cents a month to resolve the issue.
If Fox does get $1 a month per subscriber, other broadcasters will follow, said Craig Moffett, an analyst with Sanford C. Bernstein. That could cost consumers an additional $5 billion a year in fees.
“The American consumer is not going to win, unfortunately,” he said.

 

[suspenceman]

This isn't good. I just got foot surgery two days ago and I'm confined to my bed. There a way to watch the bcs, cotton bowl, and and NFL games on the computer. (I only have a Macintosh computers)

 

[suspenceman]

Ok so I just called up Time Warner Dallas. An automated machine notified me that KDFI Channel 4 will be unaffected by this. So BCS, Cotton Bowl, and NFL Games are good to go. FX, Fuel, and Fox Sports SouthWest were the ones in jeopardy

 

[Cajuncowboy]

LOL. Time Warner is forcing families by the droves to Directv.

Whoever is their marketing people eed to be fired.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

LOL. Time Warner is forcing families by the droves to Directv.

Whoever is their marketing people eed to be fired.

Time Warner really seems like a crappy company. Always some kind of thing with them.

Lucky I have Sudden Link.

 

[big dog cowboy]

When we lived in Ohio we had Time Warner and I really hated them. It was like we went back in time. Lucky for us we moved back and I have not missed them one bit.

 

[Yeagermeister]

We don't have TW cable. Ours is Comcast. Hopefully it doesn't affect us.

 

[cowboyblue31]

I have Charter Communications and i lost my fox channel.

 

[Phoenix]

I'm still in Hotel Hell in Newark. I have no idea who their (very limited) cable carrier is. I hope it's not Time Warner. Don't want to lose FOX, FX, etc.

 

[kmp77]

Time Warner here in Austin. Still on here. Not sure when they'd pull the plug if they did.

 

[Cajuncowboy]

I'm still in Hotel Hell in Newark. I have no idea who their (very limited) cable carrier is. I hope it's not Time Warner. Don't want to lose FOX, FX, etc.

You could have just said "I'm in Newark" and we would have assumed you were in hell.

 

[CowboyWay]

LOL. Time Warner is forcing families by the droves to Directv.

Whoever is their marketing people eed to be fired.

I couldn't agree more with you. This is got to be the most idiotic thing ever, and its going to cost them tons of business.

Directv is laughing all the way to the bank.

 

[Signals]

Time Warner really seems like a crappy company. Always some kind of thing with them.

Lucky I have Sudden Link.

I can verify this. I had Time Warner when I lived in Dallas and they really do suck.

 

[Tusan_Homichi]

I have Time Warner and all my Fox channels are still on this morning. I wish I had some options, but I live in an apartment and there are trees in the way of satellite and my only other option is Time Warner. So really, I have no other option.

 

[Yeagermeister]

My comcast is good to go also

 

[kmp77]

I think I read they extended their discussion so won't cut it off right now. We'll see. I think fox is asking too much per user though but time warner is krap too.

 

[Faerluna]

My comcast is good to go also

I loathe Comcast. I can't wait until they finish the FIOS lines here so we can switch.