Fox Sports 1 has struck agreements with three major
distributors that will ensure that the new cable network will be available in
the majority of pay-TV homes when the network launches this Saturday, according to the LATimes.
The three carriers -- satellite broadcasters DirecTV and
Dish and cable operator Time Warner Cable -- all have agreed to carry Fox
Sports 1 when it launches. Those three distributors combined reach over 40
million homes.
Fox Sports 1 is using real estate previously held by the
Speed Channel. Fox was seeking a big fee increase from distributors to carry
the network. According to industry consulting firm SNL Kagan, Speed received
about 23 cents per-subscriber, per-month. The price Fox Sports 1 is seeking in
the first year is said to be in the neighborhood of 80 cents, which is a likely
sticking point in negotiations.
For comparison, ESPN has the largest per-subscriber fee of
any network. ESPN is charging providers $5.54 per subscriber
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