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Article: TCI, Fox settle skirmish in St. Louis; dispute involved surcharge for carriage of St. Louis hockey, baseball. (Tele-Communications Inc., Fox-Sports Midwest, Missouri)
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- Broadcasting & Cable
- Article date:
- January 20, 1997
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Dispute involved surcharge for carriage of St. Louis hockey, baseball
The rough-and-tumble of professional hockey spilled into the cable arena recently in the form of a public brawl between Tele-Communications Inc. and Fox Sports Midwest.
The corporate conflict arose when negotiations reached an impasse between TCI and the Fox Sports regional operation over TCI rights to carry St. Louis Blues hockey and St. Louis Cardinals baseball games. TCI and Fox Sports Midwest had a previously negotiated agreement for TCI to carry about 30 Blues games and 40 Cardinals games to as many as 700,000 TCI subscribers in the Midwest.
All was well until Fox Sports ...
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