Will Mediacom offer the new Fox Business Channel this fall?

Question

I am a subscriber to Mediacom from Illinois and am really excited about the debut of Fox's business channel coming in October. I want to know if my service will offer the channel or if I should switch to another cable/satellite provider.

Answer 1

Mediacom has had a contentious relationship with Fox. I hope you get FBC but would not count on it.

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Although CNNfn ceded its subscribers back to cable operators and CNBC's challenges were well-documented in a major New York Times Business section article last Sunday, Fox' planned business news channel may not be as unlikely to succeed as many believe. Just as Fox News has successfully built a network by approaching the news as pop culture, ripe for opinion leadership and controversial coverage, business news is even more ripe for exploitation. Whether it's "Disney Wars," Bernie Ebbers, Martha Stewart, music industry struggles, new technologies, corporate takeover battles, the exportation of jobs, Japan's and China's potential control over the dollar's value and innumerable other topics, business is pop culture. Roger Ailes unique brand of cultural journalism has the potential to capture minds, hearts, wallets, and ratings with his new network. While it might not be a slam-dunk, Jack Myers Report predicts Fox Business News channel will surprise the pundits and naysayers and take business news to a new strata.

At the Bell
News Corp. said Fox Business Channel will launch in the fourth quarter. The network already has 30 million subscribers under contract after Fox secured distribution agreements with Time Warner Cable, Comcast, Charter and DIRECTV, the media giant said