Mediagazer: Pay-TV Providers Bid to End Sports Networks' Win Streak (Matthew Futterman/Wall Street Journal)

4:45 PM ET, July 15, 2013

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Matthew Futterman / Wall Street Journal:

Pay-TV Providers Bid to End Sports Networks' Win Streak — Cable, Satellite-TV Firms Push Back on Rising Cost of Sports Programming — When the Houston Astros and Rockets decided to launch their own cable network last year, their owners hoped to reap a sports-television bonanza.

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