Monday, July 15, 2013

Pay-TV Providers Challenge Sports Networks

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When the Houston Astros and Rockets decided to launch their own cable network last year, their owners hoped to reap a sports-television bonanza. It hasn't worked out that way.

Comcast Corp., one of the region's biggest cable-TV providers, took a 22% stake in the network and now carries the games. But AT&T Inc. and DirecTV have refused to carry the new network, saying it was demanding too much money for programming that their research shows viewers aren't all that interested in. Today, CSN Houston is available in only 40% of area households.

Cable and satellite-TV providers have complained for years ...

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