Verizon Fios and Fox Corporation have agreed to a multi-year contract to keep Fox News available for Verizon subscribers, per Mediaite.
The distribution agreement will allow Fox News, Fox Sports, Fox Network, and Fox Weather to air on Fios. Furthermore, it will include Fox’s local affiliates in Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., and New York as part of their deal.
“Fox is pleased to extend and expand our long-standing relationship with Verizon as we add Fox Weather and Tubi to our industry-leading portfolio of news, sports, and entertainment available to Verizon’s subscribers,” Michael Biard, Fox Corp.’s president, Operations and Distribution, said.
After recently ousting One America News from its platform, Verizon Fios has agreed to deals with two conservative news outlets, Fox News and Newsmax. The company stated that OAN failed to meet terms Verizon deemed fair for both parties.
“Our negotiation with OAN has been a typical, business as usual carriage negotiation like those that routinely happen between content distributors and content providers. These negotiations were focused on economics, as they always are, but OAN failed to agree to fair terms,” Verizon said in a statement.
“Since we were unable reach an agreement, effective July 31, 2022, we will no longer have the rights to provide our customers with this programming, and it will be removed from the Fios TV lineup.”
Subscribers looking for conservative news outlets will have two to pick from on Verizon Fios.
Eduardo Razo is the Assistant Content Editor for BNM, which includes writing daily news stories on the news media industry. He can be found on Twitter @eddierazo_ or you can reach him by email at eddie1991razo@gmail.com.
