For starters, as one of the first name brand cable networks, ESPN locked up universal carriage early on.

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In one deal, Sprint has locked up most of the country's cable subscribers.

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The New York-based cable operator, which has been locked in contentious negotiations over retransmission consent with Fox-parent News Corp for the better part of two weeks, announced that it has offered Fox the same rate it gets from Time Warner Cable to carry WNYW New York and WTXF Philadelphia, something the network had been demanding from the onset.

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It also locked down a deal with Fox that covers local broadcasts, cable TV networks and brings a number of the network's shows to Xfinity streaming apps and services on other platforms.

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