Israeli Cable Companies Allowed to Remove CNN Programs

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Israeli Cable Companies Allowed to Remove CNN Programs

The Israeli Satellite and Cable Commission decided Thursday to allow Israeli cable companies to remove CNN programs because of disputes over payment and coverage on Israeli-Palestinian conflicts.

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The Israeli Satellite and Cable Commission decided Thursday to allow Israeli cable companies to remove CNN programs because of disputes over payment and coverage on Israeli-Palestinian conflicts.

The decision was approved by a large majority, following a stormy discussion on the issue.

A week ago, three cable companies filed separate requests to theCommission to end CNN broadcasts. The cable companies wrote that they were unable to reach an agreement with CNN on payment rates for the news broadcast.

The current contract between CNN and the cable companies will end in November. For the last eight months the two sides were unable to reach an agreement on a new contract.

A senior CNN official harshly criticized the cable companies' tactics in the negotiations, citing attacks by Israeli firms on CNN's coverage of Israel and the conflict with the Palestinians.

Prior to the Commission's decision, a CNN official said the cable companies were given "a very fair offer at a rate we didn't make available anywhere else in the world."

The Council's decision, however, does not mean the automatic removal of CNN programs from the cables, as further negotiations are still possible.

CNN opened a bureau in Jerusalem in 1980 and has been broadcasting in Israel since 1990.

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