Cablevision And News Corp. Finally Call A Truce

It took two weeks and 19 hours, but the bickering between Cablevision and News Corp. has drawn to a long overdue close.  That sound you are hearing is a much deserved sigh of relief by three million local Cablevision subscribers who can now tune in to Fox for tonight’s World Series game three and tomorrow’s Packers-Jets 1p.m. showdown.

In addition to WNYW/Fox 5, New Yorkers will be pleased to have My9 Network, Fox Business Network, National Geographic Wild, and Fox Deportes back on their cable dial.

Read on to see how Cablevision broke the good news to their customers.

“In the absence of any meaningful action from the FCC, Cablevision has agreed to pay Fox an unfair price for multiple channels of its programming including many in which our customers have little or no interest.