Fox News Narrows Affiliation Complaint Against Charter With Amended Suit
Fox News Network (FNN) narrowed its affiliation agreement complaint against Charter Communications to one count, for breach of contract. FNN filed a second amended complaint Tuesday in New York Supreme Court that didn't include six other complaints, as FNN said…
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it planned to (see 1704140012). Univision and Showtime are pursuing similar affiliation complaints against Charter over which contract -- with Charter or Time Warner Cable -- survived 2016's Charter/TWC deal. In the latest complaint, FNN said its Jan. 1, 2014, affiliation agreement with Charter included language that makes clear that after a Charter/TWC combination, the Charter agreement would cover FNN, but Charter said terms of applicable TWC agreements will still govern TWC systems. Counsel for Charter didn't comment Wednesday.