Monday, 5 August 2013

Time Warner Cable gives CBS two options to end blackout

The cable giant offers CBS an either/or route to resolve their fee dispute and resume carriage of its network, with digital rights, online content, and TV Everywhere among the levers TWC is pulling.

A CBS ad in New York's Times Square blames Time Warner Cable for CBS programming -- like the PGA Tour -- being dropped for some subscribers.

Time Warner Cable proposed an immediate end to a three-day blackout of broadcast network CBS for consumers in some cities and channels like Showtime for subscribers everywhere by offering two options, neither of which CBS welcomed.
One would crimp the fee increases CBS is fighting for but would limit TWC's digital rights, and another would let CBS set prices for its channels and allow consumers to pick and choose what to pay for, known as a la carte. Time Warner also blasted the media giant for blocking online content.
CBS called the proposal a sham and a distraction

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