News (NWSA) Q3 2013 Earnings Call May 08, 2013 4:30 pm ET Executives Reed Nolte - Senior Vice President of Investor Relations David F. DeVoe - Executive Director Chase Carey - President, Chief Operating Officer, Director, President of...Show More Summary
News Corp. Chief Operating Officer Chase Carey rattled cages last month by threatening to turn his company's Fox Broadcasting network -- home of "Family Guy," "American Idol" and NFL football -- into a cable channel.
News Corp COO Chase Carey spoke about Fox's digital strategy in an earnings call Wednesday afternoon. The company saw strong growth in home video, thanks to digital downloads. Carey also acknowledged that Hulu will have to adapt in coming years to compete with Netflix.
One month ago, News Corp. COO Chase Carey caused quite the ruckus when he threatened, in front of an auditorium full of television executives, to stop broadcasting the Fox network over the public airwaves as a response to the internet TV service Aereo.
It isn’t the kind of thing a network exec wants to admit the week before broadcasters open the upfront ad sales season. But the News Corp COO, in a quarterly call with analysts, couldn’t avoid the fact that this season’s ratings declines...Show More Summary
News Corp.'s Chase Carey says Aereo might force the network to convert, but many questions remain unanswered as to the viability of such a move. read more
Throughout the television industry, News Corp. COO Chase Carey's threat to pull the Fox network off the broadcast airwaves unless it wins its lawsuit against Aereo was greeted by a healthy amount of skepticism. Why would a network voluntarily give up invaluable spectrum and distribution that could cost it hundreds of millions of dollars in advertising revenues?
With the threat by News Corp. COO Chase Carey to pull the Fox network off the airwaves and turn it into a cable network, the case of American Broadcasting Companies et. al vs. Aereo officially spilled over from the law courts into the court of public opinion. Aereo CEO Chet Kanojia knows that, and he's prepared to play to a jury of millions.
Chase Carey minced no words when it comes to Aereo. Addressing broadcasters gathered in Las Vegas for the annual National Association of Broadcasters convention, the News Corp. president and CEO said that if broadcasters fail to win their lawsuit against Aereo, News Corp. Show More Summary
News Corp COO Chase Carey has threatened to convert Fox to a cable-only channel if they lose their case against online streaming service Aereo, which allows users to stream antenna TV for $8 a month. Rebecca Greenfield analyzes the situation: While News Corp.’s threat to stop broadcasting is more likely big talk than an actual game [...]
By law and custom, top executives at big public companies are pretty cautious in what they say about their own firms. So when someone like News Corp. COO Chase Carey says the Fox network might stop broadcasting its free over-the-airShow More Summary
News Corp. Chief Operating Officer Chase Carey made big headlines Monday for suggesting that Fox could go from a broadcast network to cable channel to make ends meet.
Chase Carey, CEO of Fox parent company News Corp., made a seemingly startling statement Monday: There's a chance the Fox Broadcasting Company might transform itself into a cable channel. Appearing at the National Association of Broadcasters convention in Las Vegas, Carey said that if Fox and the other major networks
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News Corp.’s flagship Fox network might cease broadcasting over the U.S. public airwaves if the company’s dispute with upstart challenger Aereo isn’t resolved, a senior company official warned Monday. News Corp. COO Chase Carey saidShow More Summary
Media company stocks rise as News Corp.'s Chase Carey, Univision's Haim Saban threaten to pull the plug on over-the-air broadcasting because of court wins by Barry Diller's Aereo. read more
It isn't every day that a major national TV network threatens to become a cable-only subscription channel — but that's exactly what happened Monday. News Corp President Chase Carey told broadcasters at the NAB Show in Las Vegas thatShow More Summary
Could the Fox network move to cable? News Corp. COO Chase Carey has said this might be a possibility if challenges from companies like Aereo are allowed.
News Corp threatened to make Fox a cable-only channel if web startup Aereo Inc wins the battle. If the company follows through with its threat, Fox would no longer be free. The comments were made by News Corp CEO Chase Carey in the company’s battle against Aereo, an online TV service. It isn’t the first [...]
Goodbye, free TV? News Corp. COO Chase Carey said his conglomerate is considering moving programming from its Fox broadcast network, which viewers can receive over the air, for free, to its pay cable networks. Carey floated the idea during a speech at a TV industry conference today, in response to a recent court ruling that... Read More
Chase Carey blasted the startup service during his keynote speech at the NAB show. If Aereo is the future of television, Fox may see its future as a subscription-only channel. In the keynote speech at the NAB Show on Monday, News Corp...Show More Summary