• If Fox believes that withdraw­ing program­ming from 4 million house­holds is its best negoti­at­ing tactic, then I would ask the FCC to inter­vene and mandate contin­ued carriage and arbitration.
• Sen. John Kerry • Threat­en­ing to get in the middle of the spat between Time Warner Cable and News Corp. over licens­ing fees. Rupert Murdoch’s crew wants a bigger share of the pie, and have forced the cable company to the edge. If they don’t come to an agree­ment tonight, Time Warner Cable channels will go black. If they do, that means a number of promi­nent college football bowls won’t be seen, all because of greed. We hope Kerry success­fully gets the FCC involved, because these petulant children need it. source

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