Why are you negotiating fees with broadcasters?

Many viewers believe that broadcast stations like ABC, CBC, FOX and NBC are free. The answer is that it depends.

While broadcasters offer their signals for free over the air, cable operators, including us, can’t offer these signals to our cable customers without the broadcasters’ permission. We need to pay the broadcasters' fees to get that permission. Most people don’t realize they are paying fees for what most consider “free TV,” such as national network programs like The Big Bang Theory and NFL games.