| Friday, August 24, 2007 7:57 PM CDT |
Time runs out on Big Ten Network, Comcast
By Associated Press
CHAMPAIGN -- Big Ten Network officials say the new TV network won’t be available to Comcast Cable subscribers when it starts broadcasting Aug. 30.
The new network and the cable company have squabbled for months over where viewers would find BTN and how much it would cost them.
The network, co-owned by the Big Ten conference and Fox Cable Networks, wants to be a basic cable channel for Comcast subscribers, while Comcast wants BTN to be part of a sports-channels package that subscribers pay more to see. According to Comcast, the network also wants the cable company to pay it $1.10 per subscriber.
“The fact is that Comcast is unwilling to negotiate with us, and it is now clear that it’s highly unlikely any agreement will be achieved prior to launch,” Fox’s Bob Thompson said in a news release.
Comcast says it’s willing to talk, but says the network is demanding too much.
“I do know that we have talked and that we’re willing to talk,” said Rich Ruggiero, an Illinois-based Comcast spokesman. “At the end of the day we do want to offer the network.”
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