There was a time, not long ago, when companies preferred to negotiate private business contracts in private.
Now, when it comes to negotiating new carriage agreements between cable companies and local TV stations and sister cable channels, the trend increasingly is to negotiate in public and invite the consumer to pull up a seat at the bargaining table.
Or so the public is led to believe.
That’s the takeaway from current talks between Time Warner Cable and Walt Disney Co. for a new contract to carry Disney’s ESPN, Disney Channel and some local ABC television stations. Time Warner, the country’s No. 2 cable operator, provides cable TV services to 2 million households in Southern California. Unless an agreement is reached before the Sept. 2 deadline, there will be no shortage of miffed sports fans who won’t be able to watch “SportsCenter,” disappointed kids missing out on “The Suite Life of Zack and Cody,” and stay-at-home moms miffed at their inability to tune in “The View.”
And, like all public fights these days, it’s unfolding first on the Internet.
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