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News Corp.’s FX Networks will introduce a new pay-TV network in September called FXX, it said. The new network will be the third under the FX brand including FX and FXM, a movie channel. FX Networks General Manager John Landgraf…
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said the networks are boosting program development and production capabilities to fill up all three with quality programming. Some of FX’s most popular shows such as It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia and The League will move to the new network, the company said. The Parents TV Council criticized the move. “The Fact that News Corp. can secure 74 million monthly subscribers for a new cable network without spending a single penny on consumer marketing demonstrates just how broken the marketplace is,” said Tim Winter, the council’s president. “It underscores the urgency of adjudicating the allegations in the Cablevision v. Viacom antitrust lawsuit,” he said.