Cablevision Loses Tribune's WGN America, Hartford Fox Affiliate

Retrans standoff between companies enters second week

By Todd Spangler, Multichannel News -- Broadcasting & Cable, 8/25/2012 8:57:00 AM

Tribune Co. forced Cablevision Systems to drop its Hartford Fox affiliate, WTIC, as well as WGN America and AntennaTV, at around midnight Saturday, as the companies' standoff over retransmission fees entered its second week.

On Aug. 17, Cablevision pulled four Tribune station feeds, complaining that Tribune was demanding tens of millions in new fees: WPIX (The CW) in New York; WCCT (CW) in Waterbury, Conn.; KWGN (CW) in Denver; and Philadelphia's WPHL (MyNetwork). Cablevision saying Tribune was demanding tens of millions of dollars in new fees.

Cablevision has accused the broadcaster of trying to "illegally tie" an agreement to carry Hartford's WTIC with New York's WPIX and other stations, a charge Tribune denied.

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