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    On the earnings call from Australia, Murdoch added, "When you look at what [Disney’s] ESPN gets and what its audience is and how many hours of viewing it gets at the average cable company and compare that with Fox; I’m not suggesting we get $4 but we have to have some sense of relativity in values." In response to another question about when News Corp.’s carriage deals expire, COO Chase Carey said that the retransmission issue would come up with distributors over the next two to three years. Full Article at Broadcasting & Cable
    When you look at what [Disney’s] ESPN gets and what its audience is and how many hours of viewing it gets at the average cable company and compare that with Fox; I’m not suggesting we get $4 but we have to have some sense of relativity in values.
    Rupert Murdoch – Rupert Murdoch SOURCE: Broadcasting & Cable 2 weeks ago
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News Corp. Girds For Retrans Talks
  1. When they tried to bar us from a pool press conference, all our competitors immediately complained that is not the way to treat anybody in the media, I suppose they thought they might be next.
    Rupert Murdoch – Rupert Murdoch SOURCE: Broadcasting & Cable 2 weeks ago
  2. The pinnacle of the content world, whether it is sport or American Idol it is a great launching platform for the best content.
    SOURCE: Broadcasting & Cable 2 weeks ago
  3. It’s not a one note song, we need to attack the cost of content, change the value of reruns, look at digital distribution of content… Though you have to invest in content, you can’t survive in the middle. Retrans is a building block to address those things.
    SOURCE: Broadcasting & Cable 2 weeks ago
  4. They just don’t like one or two of our commentators, I understand.
    SOURCE: Broadcasting & Cable 2 weeks ago
  5. We’ll treat them as competitors, where as a cable company in a sense they’re our distribution partners. We have good relations with them and with NBC, but we compete very vigorously in the marketplace.
    SOURCE: Broadcasting & Cable 2 weeks ago
  6. still an opportunity to build this model. It’s why we’re investing more in news and sharing retransmission; the stations have an important role to play.
    SOURCE: Broadcasting & Cable 2 weeks ago
  7. I think if you look historically, most of our best profit makers are things that we started from scratch or bought for peanuts.
    Rupert Murdoch – Rupert Murdoch SOURCE: Broadcasting & Cable 2 weeks ago

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