Bright House, Fisher Reach Retrans Deal For Fox, CBS Affiliates
Cable operator will continue to carry KBAK, KBFX in Bakersfield, Calif.
By Todd Spangler, Multichannel News -- Broadcasting & Cable, 1/1/2010 12:04:56 PM
Bright House Networks and Fisher Communications completed an agreement late Thursday that secures permission for the cable operator to continue carrying Fisher's Fox affiliate (KBFX) and CBS affiliate (KBAK) in Bakersfield, Calif.The previous agreement expired at midnight on Dec. 31. Details of the new agreement are not being released.
In several other markets with News Corp.'s owned-and-operated Fox stations, Bright House is covered under programming agreements negotiated by Time Warner Cable. Those include Tampa Bay and Orlando, Fla., and Detroit. As of Friday morning, Time Warner Cable and Fox officials said they were continuing talks; for the time being, all Fox programming continued to be available to affected TWC and Bright House subscribers.
Bright House systems are also impacted by Time Warner Cable negotiations for such Fox national cable services as FX, Fox Soccer Channel and Fuel, as well as a number of regional sports networks,
Bright House has set up a customer-information site at www.yourrighttowatch.com on the retrans dispute with News Corp.
Talkback
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Well, I far as I am concern, Pete Capre and Kelly from KOMO could careless on your problem. They want BrightHouse to carry them. Pay KBAK-KBFX AND by the way with a price hike pay there internet site. Yes, Dish and DirecTV can bring in out market network, only if negiotation was terrible. Kelly of KOMO and Pete Capre, have no answers, except greed.
DISHMAN@2 - 1/4/2010 9:51:09 PM EST -
And they raise price goes up and up and up. Getting it free by o.t.a. has always been what congress wanted. The other side to a story. Dish Network and DirecTV can do something , BrightHouse Network can not do. Bring in a out of market network, or They have to agree on low price to keep price low.
Thersea Burgess of KBAK-KBFX hike Brighthouse's price. Poor BrightHouse folks..
RV Owner - 1/4/2010 9:20:49 PM EST -
They have no choice - unless you don't want Fox programming any more coming to your home or you could pay even higher fees and use satellite or a phone companies idea of cable service.
This happens all the time - programmers increase their fees and the consumer suffers, not only with possible higher costs, but also seeing way more commercials promoting the programming and a lot of on demand videos. Yet people continue to blame the cable company - when they are the pipe that brings you everything you want and more.
The cable companies objective is to manage their costs, passing as little onto their consumers as possible while still bringing them the widest variety of programming around. They use every tool in their belt to avoid charging the consumer more money. Trust me - I was in that business for a very long time. They value their customer - far more than most other large corporations. Especially Bright House...
Be thankful you live in a Bright House....
J Lee - 1/4/2010 2:01:04 PM EST -
And then BrightHouse Network of Bakersfield will raise there prices. BrightHouse Networks will pay any price, even for a much higher bill.
RV Ownwer - 1/1/2010 9:58:41 PM EST
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