FNC’s Value…

Multichannel News’ John Lafayette writes about an interesting cable operator survey…

Aside from sports channels, cable operators see Fox News Channel as the most valuable network that they carry.

According to a new survey by Beta Research, operators said that Fox News had a perceived value of 58 cents per subscriber per month, barely topping Disney Channel (57 cents), USA Network (53 cents) and Discovery Channel (52 cents). It also topped CNN, which was valued at 48 cents per sub by the operators surveyed.
In recent public remarks, News Corp. COO Chase Carey has remarked that some Fox News carriage agreements are up soon and that the company will be pushing for large increases in sub fees.