said by FFH5:said by cowboyro:said by ajwees41:You would think Cablevision would want them everywhere to make money.
Subscriptions from those who *WANT* the channels likely bring more revenue than licensing fees.
That is why they block the channels, because that is true.
The FCC order may still allow Cablevision to keep blocking for quite awhile yet. The order requires the 2 sides to agree on a price. If Cablevision wants to charge more than Verizon or AT&T want to pay, they still don't get the channel. And then the FCC has to get in to price setting mode. And then Cablevision goes to court. And then appeals, etc.
Actually... no. They went through court appeals, and the court found in favor of the FCC. The FCC ordered CV to come to terms with AT&T and Verizon by the end of October - so the contract has already been negotiated. Also, existing FCC rules prevent one provider from charging usery rates against another provider. CV has been down this road before with both AT&T and Verizon and has lost every single time. This last move by CV was an appeal to reverse that decision. The FCC upheld it's original order, but gave CV a little more time to get the feeds in place - they have until 11/25 to provide them.