Report: Cable Retrans Adds Up

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Cable companies could wind up spending $1.8 billion a year in retransmission fees, adding up to 5 percent of basic revenue, per a report from SNL Kagan. Though the cable industry is far from that number now, that could change if the industry standard retransmission fee rises to 50 cents per subscriber.

Most TV groups have struck deals at 20 cents to 30 cents per subscriber, but several TV networks, such as CBS and News Corp.,

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