"In the end, our customers will pay more than they should for Fox programming, but less than they would have if we had accepted the unprecedented rates News Corp. was demanding when they pulled their channels off Cablevision," a Cablevision press release stated.

The company added: "Cablevision has agreed to pay Fox an unfair price for multiple channels of its programming including many in which our customers have little or no interest."

Cablevision could have been referring to Fox Business Channel, Fox Desportes and National Geographic Wild which were included in the new agreement.

Cablevision also criticized the Federal Communication Commission for failing to intervene in the fight, as requested by Cablevision. The cable operator said it was making the deal with Fox "in the absence of any meaningful action from the FCC."

The cable operator did thank "the 175 government leaders who...urged government intervention and binding arbitration to prevent this blackout. It is clear the retransmission consent system is badly broken and needs to be fixed."

As for Fox, the company issued a terse statement simply saying a new deal had been reached. It did not comment on the negotiations or other issues.

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