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Cablevision Coaching Viewers to Watch Fox Online

Taped call records advice on watching games on illegal websites

By GoingLikeSixty, Newser User

Posted Oct 27, 2010 8:22 AM CDT | Promoted on Newser Oct 27, 2010 12:17 PM CDT

(User Submitted) – Cablevision and Fox are still feuding, depriving 3.5 million people in the Big Apple of Fox channels 5 and 9 plus Fox Sports. The solution? Cablevision is coaching customers to cheat for content without a contract, reports the Daily News. A Fox employee recorded a conversation with a Cablevision rep (that's illegal, too, right?) in which the rep explains how to snag the signal on illegal websites.

"We have a team that's like online trying to find things online for free," the rep is recorded as saying. "So they send us these emails." Apparently there is some big baseball series that some New Yorkers are still interested in watching (even though the Yanks are out), so Fox has sent out a cease-and-desist letter to Cablevision. Read the full article.

Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington watches during practice for Game 1 of baseball's World Series against the San Francisco Giants. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

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Oct 27, 2010 2:33 PM CDT

They might point people to this site, for example, but don't tell anyone you heard it from me.

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