The Israeli Council for Cable and Satellite TV approved Thursday a request by the multi-channel broadcasters to remove CNN from their subscriber packages, Israel Radio reported.
The cable and satellite companies last month said that CNN's “anti-Israeli” news coverage warranted it being blacked out locally and replaced by Fox News. The official argument for the deciison was the availability of three foreign news networks other than CNN: BBC, Fox News and Sky News.
It should be mentioned that Eason Jordan, CNN's chief news executive and news gathering president then visited Israel to try and smooth things out. However, the cables have since submitted a formal request to the council to have CNN removed from their line-up.
The current contract btween CNN and the cable companies will end in November, but for the last eight months the two sides were unable to reach an agreement on a new contract. (Albawaba.com)
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