More sports-rights fights.(Fast Track)(Brief Article)

Broadcasting & Cable, December, 2003

The latest tussle between TIME WARNER CABLE and CABLEVISION SYSTEMS is over a new carriage deal for Cablevision's MSG and FOX SPORTS NET NEW YORK. Agreements for the regional sports nets with Time Warner expire New Year's Eve. Time Warner took ads out in New York-area newspapers last week that warned, "Cablevision is threatening to take the Knicks and the Rangers away from you in January." Time Warner's ad says it has been negotiating in good faith but Cablevision has made "unreasonable" demands that would result in price increases for subscribers.

A spokesperson for Cablevision's RAINBOW MEDIA unit said, "We have offered Time Warner Cable the opportunity to allow its customers to choose whether or not to receive these well-established regional sports...

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