Fox Television boss Chase Carey came back with another offer: a joint venture between Saban Entertainment and Fox Kids Television.
Chief Operating Officer Chase Carey said Tuesday that they were grateful for James Murdoch's leadership of BSkyB.
He cited the potential to shift some power to Chief Operating Officer Chase Carey, who is popular with investors.
Chase Carey, the boss of Fox Television, came back with another offer: a joint venture between Saban Entertainment and Fox Kids Television.
Chief Operating Officer Chase Carey said that not being paid by Aereo jeopardizes the economics of broadcast TV, which relies on both retransmission fees and advertising.
Chief Operating Officer Chase Carey said that not being paid by Aereo jeopardizes the economics of broadcast TV, which benefits from both retransmission fees and advertising.
On a call to discuss second-quarter earnings, COO Chase Carey confirmed that the conglomerate is looking to sell or otherwise dispose of the reeling social network.
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Fox News and the 27 Fox television stations in the U.S., which Ailes also oversees, will be part of the larger offspring company, which Chase Carey will oversee as CEO.
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Chief Operating Officer Chase Carey said the expense of launching the networks, plus some international channels, would be "a couple hundred million (dollars) and change" in their first year of operation.
Though the 81-year-old has not quit as boss of News Corp, which many would still like, he has given more power to Chase Carey, a well-regarded executive who serves as president and chief operating officer.
Chief Operating Officer Chase Carey and Chief Financial Officer David DeVoe, who had long been proponents of the idea, ramped up their efforts to lay out the strategic rationale, people familiar with the situation said.
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Chief Operating Officer Chase Carey or a nonfamily member could step in as CEO, but a new successor from within the family, either daughter Elisabeth, 42, or eldest son Lachlan, 40, may be in the wings.
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Chief Operating Officer Chase Carey, who said last month that if Aereo gets a legal OK to keep operating, he would consider changing the Fox network to a channel available only through cable and satellite TV services.
The only other serious contender at the moment for the News Corp. throne is president and chief operating officer Chase Carey who rejoined the company last year after serving as chief executive officer of DirecTV for six years.
Nevertheless, Fox's COO Chase Carey is perturbed enough by the mere thought of Aereo getting its way, that he's already claiming that the network will go dark in favor of becoming a cable channel -- if and when OTA network streaming over the internet is completely legalized, that is.
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