Fox and Cablevision Still ‘Far Apart’ in Carriage Dispute (Update)

Sen. Kerry vows to introduce new legislation to prevent future blackouts

Update: Sunday 2:07 p.m. PT

Talks have broken off between Cablevision and News Corp. with no agreement on retransmission fees in place.

Both sides will return to negotiations tomorrow, although Cablevision is continuing its push to get the Fox to agree to mediation.

In the meantime, some 3 million Cablevision customers will go another day without access to Fox programming

"The longer this shameful News Corp. blackout of the NFL and Major League Baseball continues, the more obvious it becomes to everyone, including political leaders of both parties, that binding arbitration is the fastest and fairest way to return Fox programming to Cablevision customers," Charles Schueler, Cablevision’s executive vice president of communications, said in a statement.

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