Scripps Channnels Black on Cablevision

Scripps Channnels Black on Cablevision

Published: January 07, 2010 @ 8:46 am
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By the New York Times

Chris Birckhead came home Tuesday night hoping that his TiVo had recorded “Chopped,” his favorite show on the Food Network. Instead, it had recorded a looped commercial from Cablevision, his cable provider, saying the network’s owner, Scripps, had taken his show away.

About 3 million cable households in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut have been affected by a bitter argument between the cable provider and Scripps Networks over how much Cablevision subscribers should pay for the Food Network and HGTV.

The feud has already dragged on for almost a week.

Read more at the New York Times.

Tags: Cablevision, Food Network, HGTV, Scripps, Television
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