Cablevision stopped carrying Tribune’s WTIC-TV Hartford and WGN America Friday,...
Cablevision stopped carrying Tribune’s WTIC-TV Hartford and WGN America Friday, the companies said. “This is an extremely unfortunate situation and we're disappointed that Cablevision refuses to recognize the value of these channels to our viewers,” said Nils Larsen, Tribune Broadcasting…
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president, in a news release Friday. “We remain far apart in negotiations and urge subscribers to call Cablevision and express themselves through social media,” he said. Cablevision put the blame on Tribune: “After causing the blackout of WPIX on Cablevision a week ago, the Tribune Company has now pulled the plug on FOX CT in Hartford, even after Cablevision agreed to pay all the fees they demanded for this station,” the company said in a statement Friday. “Tribune is illegally tying carriage of FOX CT to less-popular channels they also own, in an attempt to extract tens of millions in new fees from Cablevision customers."