Food Network Pulled Off AT&T U-Verse in Latest Battle Over Fees

No Scripps programming for 2.7 million AT&T U-Verse customers

Another week, another cable carriage dispute.

Scripps Networks, which pulled its HGTV and Food Network off Cablevision earlier this year following a similar disagreement, is now embroiled in a battle with AT&T.

Scripps programming was pulled off the air for AT&T U-Verse's 2.7 million customers early Friday, and the sides are currently engaged in an increasingly familiar war of words.

Here's the statement from AT&T:

We’re extremely disappointed that Scripps Networks won’t provide a fair deal for AT&T customers. Our team has been working for weeks to reach a fair agreement, but Scripps Networks ultimately refused to put in writing key terms that had been agreed upon verbally, leaving our customers without a fair deal as our extended contract expired.

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