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The Oscar’s losers: Cablevision subscribers

August 14, 2013Business, Economics and Jobs

You’ll be hearing a lot about the winners of last night’s Oscars, but you may not hear about its millions of losers. A dispute between Cablevision and ABC left more than three million New York area cable subscribers unable to see the Oscars.

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