http://www.deadline.com/2010/03/no-oscars-cablevision-subscribers-may-lose-wabc-tv-at-1201-am-sunday-due-to-retrans-impasse/
Read the nuts and bolts of this at the DHD link above. My take? The same thing happened between WABC-TV and Time Warner Cable a few years back. And, yes, TWC customers lost WABC for a couple of days before that deal was ironed-out. However, this impasse comes at a very crucial time on Oscar Sunday. This is a night for big ratings. Losing half of the NYC audience would be a big blow to ABC and their sponsors. I predict this deal will get done in time for the broadcast on Sunday night. ABC can't afford to lose half of their viewers on their NYC flagship station for the Oscars.
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