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The programming dispute is the latest flap between networks and
TV providers over compensation.
“It is shocking that in these
difficult economic times, ABC Disney is threatening to remove
WABC unless Cablevision and its customers pay $40 million in new
fees for programming that it offers today for free, both
over-the-air and online," a Cablevision spokesman said
yesterday, according to EW.
But a WABC-TV spokeswoman countered: "“With the help of our
viewers, we’ve built ABC7 into the most watched station in the
country, and have been trying for two years to get Cablevision
to acknowledge the station’s value to their business."
Swanni's Take:
Okay, who was the idiot at
Cablevision who allowed its agreement with WABC to expire on the
day of an Oscar broadcast?
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