DETROIT CABLE OPERATORS NOT LIKELY TO PASS ON NEW FOX RSN

7.29.1997

          Metro Detroit cable operators are "moving quickly" to
     sign with Fox Sports Detroit in order to receive Red Wings
     telecasts this fall, and PASS, which had been the area's
     sole full-time sports cable provider since '84, "appears to
     be in trouble as a result," according to Tim Kiska of the
     DETROIT NEWS.  PASS was "outbid" for Red Wings rights and
     will lose its coverage of the Pistons after this season to
     Fox Sports Net.  That will leave PASS with only the Tigers,
     "for at least two more seasons."  PASS is "moving to try to
     overcome" the losses, including moving from a premium
     service to basic.  Fox Sports Detroit will also be a basic
     service and while no cable systems have signed the RSN, area
     cable operators are "snapping to attention," as reps from
     local cable operators MediaOne, TCI Cablevision and Comcast
     are negotiating carriage (DETROIT NEWS, 7/29).

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