Aug 26, 2013, 1:16pm CDT Updated: Aug 26, 2013, 2:09pm CDT Analyst: NFL may force endgame in cable tussle; TV stations more likely to cave The start of the NFL regular season Sept. 5 could force Time Warner Cable to reinstitute CBS and NBC stations regardless of contract disputes with the oners of stations like WTMJ-TV in Milwaukee. Enlarge John Spencer, Philadelphia Business Journal The start of the NFL regular season Sept. 5 could force Time Warner Cable to reinstitute CBS and NBC stations regardless of contract disputes with the oners of stations like WTMJ-TV in Milwaukee. Sponsored Links Try SurveyMonkey for FREE Trusted by 99% of the Fortune 500. Make better decisions. SurveyMonkey Wells Fargo Advisors Rollover Guide Changing jobs or retiring? Get a free guide to understand your 401(k) options. Info.WellsFargoAdvisors Get Listed Here Rich Kirchen Senior Reporter- The Business Journal Email | Twitter (Page 2 of 2) Hindery also predicts that station owners like CBS and Journal are not going to be able to get as much from Time Warner Cable as the $2 per day per subscriber they are seeking. He expects the station owners to agree to between 80 cents and $1 per day compared with his estimate of 80 cents currently. I contacted both a Time Warner Cable spokesman and Steve Wexler, executive vice president of WTMJ owner Journal Broadcast Group, for the latest on the negotiations. Wexler told me via email that “unfortunately” there is “nothing new.” “Despite their claims that they are negotiating, TWC continues to pull stunts, like re-assigning the 04 and 1004 channel positions, then claiming we ‘abandoned’ them,” Wexler told me. He is referring to Time Warner Cable, which added the Game Show Network on standard cable channel 4, which used to be the home of WTMJ-TV, and is running nothing on digital cable channel 1004, which also used to be WTMJ’s spot. Time Warner Cable spokesman Mike Hogan told me his company is taking steps “to ease the effects” of the loss of WTMJ-TV on the cable system. Those steps include offers of a free movie on demand or an Amazon gift card and making available a limited number of indoor TV antennas or a $20 voucher toward buying an antenna at a Best Buy store. “We remain hard at work trying to reach an agreement that will quickly return Journal shows to our customers,” Hogan said via email. Time Warner Cable subscribers may or may not appreciate the gifts the company says are a show of “appreciation for their patience and loyalty." 1 Page 2 |View All
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