Cable / Telecom News

CCSA, Fox News, sign deal

QUISPAMSIS, N.B. – U.S. cable news channel Fox News has signed a master affiliate agreement with the Canadian Cable Systems Alliance. “We are pleased to have completed an arrangement that allows CCSA members to distribute this popular news service,” said Chris Edwards, legal counsel at the CCSA. “Fox News will be a valuable addition to the comprehensive news and information theme packages that CCSA member companies offer to their growing number of digital subscribers.” Fox News has supplanted CNN as the most watched cable news channel in the States and was recently approved for digital carriage in Canada. The CCSA...