Fox Sports 1 Said to Debut on TV Systems Without New Fee Accords
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Twenty-First Century Fox Inc. lined up DirecTV, Dish Network Corp. and Time Warner Cable Inc. to carry the new Fox Sports 1 TV network, reaching 90 million households with a lineup that will include college football and Major League Baseball.
The channel replaces Fox’s Speed, an auto-racing network, when it debuts on Aug. 17. DirecTV, Dish and Time Warner Cable are keeping their existing financial arrangements with Fox, three people with knowledge of the matter said. They will continue to pay their current subscriber rate, said the people, who asked not to be named because terms are private.