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3.1M customers face Oscar night without broadcast (AP)

March 8th, 2010 Comments off

FILE - Bob Iger, president and CEO of the Walt Disney Company, delivers a keynote speech during the TelecomNEXT convention in Las Vegas on in this March 20, 2006 file photo. Cablevision Systems Corp. said early Sunday March 7, 2010 the stall in negotiations should be blamed on Disney CEO Bob Iger. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)AP - Millions of cable subscribers faced the prospect of Oscar night without the Academy Awards broadcast Sunday after ABC's parent company switched off its signal to Cablevision customers and the two companies blasted each other for failing to reach a deal in a dispute over fees.


(cross-reference: DTV and Cable Subscribers - Article, http://www.dtv.gov/outreach_article_cablesubs.html)