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A contract dispute between DirecTV and Fox threatens to leave satellite customers with no way to watch the Texas-Texas Tech football game on Nov. 5.
The matchup is set to air on FX, one of several News Corp.-owned Fox cable networks that could vanish from DirecTV on Nov. 1 if a deal isn't reached.
Fox Sports Southwest, which shows a number of college and high school football games, could go dark as well, along with National Geographic Channel, Fuel TV, Speed, Fox Soccer, Fox Movie Channel and Fox Deportes.
The highly rated Fox News Channel is covered under a separate agreement and is in no danger of going off the air.
Fox is reportedly asking for a 40 percent increase in the fees it receives from DirecTV, which, like other cable and satellite providers, must compensate broadcasters for each channel offered.
"We hope to resolve this situation before any action is taken, but we will do what's necessary to protect our customers from excessive and unwarranted fee increases," DirecTV spokesman Darris Gringeri told the American-Statesman on Monday. "We already provide News Corp. nearly a billion dollars a year for their channels, and we have no problem continuing to compensate them fairly."
Fox claims it has offered DirecTV an extension while negotiations continue — a deal it says DirecTV declined.
"We have proposed to keep the Fox networks on DirecTV for the same price, and on the same terms as they are currently carried while we attempt to work out a fair agreement," read a statement provided by Fox spokesman Brian Peterson. "Unfortunately, DirecTV has decided that unless they get their way, they are going to pull the plug on their customers Nov. 1."
The satellite provider said negotiations have dragged on long enough.
"After months of making little progress in our talks with News Corp. and Fox to renew our agreement to carry their regional sports networks and other national channels, we've regrettably reached a point where we will be forced to suspend the channels as soon as Nov. 1 unless News Corp. is willing to move toward a more reasonable price increase," Gringeri said.
will be gone if they can't reach an agreement
more here
A contract dispute between DirecTV and Fox threatens to leave satellite customers with no way to watch the Texas-Texas Tech football game on Nov. 5.
The matchup is set to air on FX, one of several News Corp.-owned Fox cable networks that could vanish from DirecTV on Nov. 1 if a deal isn't reached.
Fox Sports Southwest, which shows a number of college and high school football games, could go dark as well, along with National Geographic Channel, Fuel TV, Speed, Fox Soccer, Fox Movie Channel and Fox Deportes.
The highly rated Fox News Channel is covered under a separate agreement and is in no danger of going off the air.
Fox is reportedly asking for a 40 percent increase in the fees it receives from DirecTV, which, like other cable and satellite providers, must compensate broadcasters for each channel offered.
"We hope to resolve this situation before any action is taken, but we will do what's necessary to protect our customers from excessive and unwarranted fee increases," DirecTV spokesman Darris Gringeri told the American-Statesman on Monday. "We already provide News Corp. nearly a billion dollars a year for their channels, and we have no problem continuing to compensate them fairly."
Fox claims it has offered DirecTV an extension while negotiations continue — a deal it says DirecTV declined.
"We have proposed to keep the Fox networks on DirecTV for the same price, and on the same terms as they are currently carried while we attempt to work out a fair agreement," read a statement provided by Fox spokesman Brian Peterson. "Unfortunately, DirecTV has decided that unless they get their way, they are going to pull the plug on their customers Nov. 1."
The satellite provider said negotiations have dragged on long enough.
"After months of making little progress in our talks with News Corp. and Fox to renew our agreement to carry their regional sports networks and other national channels, we've regrettably reached a point where we will be forced to suspend the channels as soon as Nov. 1 unless News Corp. is willing to move toward a more reasonable price increase," Gringeri said.
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