Fox to launch business channel October 15

NEW YORK – We might see a cable petition to the CRTC soon to add what will be the newest business channel to the eligible satellite services list here in Canada. According to a report in Multichannel News, News Corp. will launch the Fox Business Network, a spin-off of Fox News, on October 15th. The story says the company has already reached carriage deals with Comcast, Time Warner Cable, DirecTV and Charter Communications and will launch to 30 million subscribers.