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Let the latest retransmission battle begin. Fox Networks and DirecTV have gotten off to a rocky start in their negotiations over carriage for Fox's 26 cable networks including FX, Fox News Channel, and 13 regional sports networks.
According to an emailed statement from Fox sent Thursday night, DirecTV has threatened to suspend carriage of the networks on Nov. 1.
"DirecTV sent us a proposal on Tuesday afternoon," Fox's statement said. "They have given us no chance to respond before taking an unnecessarily aggressive posture and going public."
DirecTV countered with a statement from CEO Mike White, who said that Fox is demanding a 40 percent hike in its fees, which he said is "simply unfair and unwarranted."
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