Knicks Fans Face Hoopless Nights in Time Warner Cable Fight
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Time Warner Cable Inc. is set to lose Madison Square Garden Co.’s MSG Network in a dispute over rising program costs, leaving millions of viewers without New York Knicks and Rangers games.
MSG wants 53 percent more for its programming, according to Melinda Witmer, an executive vice president at Time Warner Cable. That would make the channel the most expensive sports network in the U.S., she said. MSG Media President Mike Bair calls that claim “categorically untrue.” The current deal expires at 12 a.m. Jan. 1.