Cablevision Hit on 'Exclusives’
Multichannel News, July 13, 2009
By John Eggerton
Cablevision's exclusive programming arrangements are coming under fire. Verizon has asked FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski to force the cable operator to sell high-definition programming to the telco's FiOS TV service. And Conn. Attorney General Richard Blumenthal wrote to the chairman, suggesting that Cablevision's exclusive deal with MSNBC may be illegal.
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