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1. Cablevision asks FCC to immediately reinstate News Corp. stations, order arbitration
(Entertainment/Movies)

... to the FCC, both Cablevision and News Corp. accused each other of failing to conduct their so-called retransmission-consent negotiations "in good faith," as required by federal law. The FCC's Media Bureau ...

2. FCC wants proof Cablevision, News Corp. negotiating
(Entertainment/Movies)

... company should pay to carry the broadcaster's three stations. Under a law called retransmission consent, broadcasters can seek cash compensation from distributors who carry their TV stations. News Corp. ...

3. Another FCC commissioner takes aim at Cablevision, News Corp. for nearly week-long dispute
(Entertainment/Movies)

... in talks prompted FCC Commissioner Michael Copps to issue a statement Wednesday criticizing both the cable company and the broadcaster. The issue is a federal regulation called retransmission consent, ...

4. Cablevision and Fox remain ‘far apart’
(Entertainment/Movies)

... If the FCC determines that they are not, it can intervene under the federal regulation known as retransmission consent. Earlier Tuesday U.S. Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), chairman of the Commerce Subcommittee ...

5. Senators Lautenberg and Menendez ask FCC to intervene in Cablevision/News Corp. dispute
(Entertainment/Movies)

... FCC officials in order to reenergize and resolve these negotiations." Lautenberg and Menendez also urged the FCC to reexamine its existing regulations for retransmission consent negotiations, the rule ...

6. Cablevision’s more than 900,000 N.J. customers lose three TV stations as News Corp. yanks them in carriage dispute
(Entertainment/Movies)

... a federal regulation called retransmission-consent the broadcaster can seek cash compensation in exchange for carriage of its TV stations. Earlier this year Cablevision engaged in a similar fight with ...

7. Next cable TV battle pits Time Warner against Disney
(Entertainment/Movies)

... and to go to arbitration when the two sides cannot agree on the fees on retransmission consent. This is a case of big boys fighting over money and the public is being used as a prop to justify Time Warner's ...

8. WABC-TV restored to Cablevision's lineup in time for customers to see most of the Oscars
(Entertainment/Movies)

... regulation called retransmission consent, ABC Disney was seeking $40 million, or a $1 a month, per subscriber license fee, for Cablevision to carry WABC-TV. Cablevision balked, saying it was already ...

9. Disney pulls Ch. 7 WABC-TV off Cablevision’s lineup
(Entertainment/Movies)

... Cablevision, which doesn't want to start forking over so-called retransmission-consent fees to carry WABC. The contract between the station and Cablevision expired two years ago, and the parties have been ...

10. Elected officials urge ABC not to pull Ch. 7 off Cablevision
(Entertainment/Movies)

... on while both sides continue to negotiate a deal. Cablevision, which has 900,000 customers in New Jersey, and WABC-TV parent ABC Disney are at odds over so-called retransmission consent. Under that federal ...

11. Sen. John Kerry asks FCC to tell WABC-TV not to pull its signal off Cablevision
(Entertainment/Movies)

... in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut could miss the Oscars this year due to a retransmission dispute with Disney," Kerry wrote. "I ask you to urge the parties to stay at the negotiating table and continue ...

12. Cablevision customers may lose ABC-TV, and Oscars
(Entertainment/Movies)

... to come to an agreement, and cave in to the broadcaster's demands for cash in exchange for so-called retransmission consent. The dispute between Cablevision and WABC-TV, which is owned by The Walt Disney ...