Darkbeer
09-29-2002, 07:11 AM
Turner Takes Tough Stance on Possible CNN-ABC Deal (http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ted29sep29,0,1760105.story?coll=la%2Dheadlines%2Db usiness%2Dmanual) - LA Times, 9/29/02
QuikQuote: Since then, several negotiations between the two rivals have languished. Cable operators, including Time Warner Cable, have threatened to drop Disney's ABC Family Channel rather than pay higher subscriber fees it demanded. Another sore point is Time Warner Cable's two-year effort to secure a video-on-demand deal with Disney's movie studio.
"Before we do a deal benefiting Disney, Ted wants to make sure everything is buttoned up," one AOL Time Warner executive said. "Nothing is going to slide through this company from now on without extreme scrutiny."
QuikQuote: Since then, several negotiations between the two rivals have languished. Cable operators, including Time Warner Cable, have threatened to drop Disney's ABC Family Channel rather than pay higher subscriber fees it demanded. Another sore point is Time Warner Cable's two-year effort to secure a video-on-demand deal with Disney's movie studio.
"Before we do a deal benefiting Disney, Ted wants to make sure everything is buttoned up," one AOL Time Warner executive said. "Nothing is going to slide through this company from now on without extreme scrutiny."