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Article: Fox News pitching now, hiking later: operators bracing for a price increase as top-rated news net nears renewal.
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- April 18, 2005
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If you haven't seen the presentation yet, don't worry--Fox News Channel plans to get to you.
The top-rated cable news network is in the process of making the rounds to local systems and regional MSO offices with a presentation titled "Fox News Channel: America's Most Valuable Cable Network."
As of mid April, Tim Carry, the channel's senior vice president of affiliate relations, said he and members of his team had made presentations to about 15% of systems.
"We need an evaluation of what we are and what operators think we are," he said. "Our goal is to engage operators in productive discussions about what we've become over the past 10 years, ...