Cablevision Corporation Drops HGTV and The Food Network Due To Carriage Fee Dispute

Cablevision Corporation failed to reach a carriage agreement with Scripps Networks Interactive and withdrew HGTV and The Food Network.
The existing carriage agreement between Scripps and Cablevision ended on Jan 1, 2010. The dispute between Cablevision and Scripps lay on carriage fee as Scripps demand hike in carriage fee to carry the channels.
Cablevision’s three million subscribers in New Jersey, New York and Connecticut lost access to HGTV and The Food Network.
Last year, DirecTV subscribers lost Versus and Time Warner Cable subscribers lost Fox Network’s programming due to this fee dispute.

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