DirecTV vs. FOX

Over the past few weeks, there has been much talk about the current contract dispute between News Corp. and satellite provider DirecTV about the price DirecTV must pay for News Corp’s cable channels. News Corp. is the parent company of FOX, and the channels potentially impacted are FX, National Geographic Channel, Fuel TV, Speed, Fox Soccer, Fox Movie Channel and Fox Deportes. The FOX News channel is not in danger, so conservatives have no need to worry.

According to DirecTV, Fox is asking for a 40% increase in fees to carry their channels, which would lead to higher costs for DirecTV subscribers. This increase would likely lead to many subscribers “cut the cord” and get rid of their subscription.

The current agreement between the two ends Nov. 1 and if no new agreement is reached, viewers could be left without these popular channels.

Dish Network had a similar dispute with FOX a few years ago, but was able to come to an agreement. It will be interesting to see if DirecTV is able to as well.

Whether you are a DirecTV subscriber or not, how would do you feel about this issue? If DirecTV has to pay more, they’ll raise their rates. Would fairly higher prices lead you to drop the subscription? Would you prefer to pay for only channels you actually watch? Do you watch any of the channels in jeopardy?

This article contains information about the dispute, and this article looks at some of the intricacies of the issue.

 

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One Response to “DirecTV vs. FOX”

  1.   fuglsang Says:
    November 2nd, 2011 at 9:25 pm

    Nicely appropriate, Nick. Wired did a story not too long ago on how to get by without cable or satellite, and still get the programming you want for way less money. If the cost have cable goes up too much more I’m going to have to learn to live without regular TV service.