Keep FOX Sports Networks

The Issue

Starting on November 1, DirecTV will no longer carry FX, FSN, SPEED, National Geographic Channel, FOX Soccer, FOX Soccer Plus, FOX Deportes, FUEL TV and Fox Movie Channel.
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What's Happening?

Despite Fox Networks’ offer of an extension during our ongoing negotiations, DirecTV has informed us and their customers that unless we agree to their demands, they “will suspend our networks on November 1.”

DirecTV sent us a proposal on Tuesday afternoon. They have given us no chance to respond before taking an unnecessarily aggressive posture and going public. It is disappointing that they have chosen bad faith tactics over meaningful negotiation.

We have proposed to keep the Fox Networks on DirecTV for the same price, and on the same terms as they are currently carried while we attempt to work out a fair agreement. Unfortunately, DirecTV has decided that unless they get their way, they are going to pull the plug on their customers.

DirecTV’s current agreement ends on November 1 and they have informed us that they will drop some of America’s most popular networks — FOX Sports Networks (and our 19 regional sports networks), FX, SPEED, National Geographic Channel, FOX Soccer, FOX Soccer Plus, FOX Deportes, FUEL TV and Fox Movie Channel.

The 19 FOX Sports Regional Networks include:

FOX Sports Arizona
FOX Sports Carolinas
FOX Sports Detroit
FOX Sports Florida
FOX Sports Houston
FOX Sports Indiana
FOX Sports Kansas City
FOX Sports Midwest
FOX Sports North
FOX Sports Ohio
FOX Sports Oklahoma
FOX Sports Southwest
FOX Sports South
FOX Sports Tennessee
FOX Sports West
FOX Sports Wisconsin
Prime Ticket
SportSouth
Sun Sports

Plus, soon, you could lose the following local FOX stations:

Atlanta : WAGA – FOX 5
Austin : KTVC – FOX 7
Baltimore My Network TV WUTB – 24
Boston WFXT – FOX 25
Chicago WFLD – Fox Chicago
Chicago My Network TV WPWR – 50
Dallas : KDFW – FOX 4, My Network TV KDFI – 27
Detroit : WJBK – FOX 2
Gainesville : WOGX – FOX 51
Houston : KRIV – FOX 26, My Network TV KTXH – 27
Los Angeles : KTTV – FOX 11, My Network TV KCOP – 13
Memphis : WHBQ – FOX 13
Minneapolis : KMSP – FOX 9, My Network TV WFTC – FOX 29
New York WNYW – FOX 5
New York My Network TV WWOR – 9
Orlando : WOFL – FOX 35, My Network TV WRVW – 65
Phoenix : KSAZ – FOX 10, My Network TV KUTP – FOX 45
Tampa : WTVT – FOX 13
Washington D.C. WTTG – FOX 5
Washington D.C. My Network TV WDCA – 20