Not many companies rule the expanded basic tier. And, fewer still grab the lion's share of network fees:
| Network |
Price* |
Owner |
| ESPN |
$ 3.80/mo. |
Disney |
| Regional Sports Network |
$ 2.25/mo. |
Various |
| Nickelodeon |
$ 1.40/mo. |
Viacom |
| ESPN2 |
$ 1.05/mo. |
Disney |
| TNT |
$ 1.00/mo. |
Time-Warner |
| Sci-Fi Channel |
$ 1.00/mo. |
NBC-Universal |
| CNN |
$ 1.00/mo. |
Time-Warner |
| Disney |
$ 0.95/mo. |
Disney |
| CNBC |
$ 0.90/mo. |
NBC-Universal |
| Bravo |
$ 0.85/mo. |
NBC-Universal |
| USA |
$ 0.85/mo. |
NBC-Universal |
| MTV |
$ 0.80/mo. |
Viacom |
| AMC |
$ 0.75/mo. |
Rainbow Media |
| Fox News Channel |
$ 0.75/mo. |
News Corp |
| FX |
$ 0.75/mo. |
News Corp |
| ABC Family |
$ 0.75/mo. |
Disney |
| MSNBC |
$ 0.70/mo. |
NBC-Universal |
| TV Land |
$ 0.70/mo. |
Viacom |
| Discovery |
$ 0.70/mo. |
Discovery |
| NFL |
$ 0.70/mo. |
NFL |
| Cartoon Network |
$ 0.70/mo. |
Time-Warner |
| Animal Planet |
$ 0.65/mo. |
Discovery |
| History Channel |
$ 0.60/mo. |
A&E (with NBC and Disney) |
| TLC (The Learning Channel) |
$ 0.60/mo. |
Discovery |
| Travel |
$ 0.60/mo. |
Discovery |
| BET |
$ 0.60/mo. |
Viacom |
| SPIKE |
$ 0.60/mo. |
Viacom |
| Comedy Central |
$ 0.60/mo. |
Viacom |
| HGTV (Home & Garden) |
$ 0.50/mo. |
E.W. Scripps |
| E! |
$ 0.50/mo. |
Comcast (with Disney) |
| TBS |
$ 0.45/mo. |
Time-Warner |
| VH1 |
$ 0.40/mo. |
Viacom |
| Oxygen |
$ 0.40/mo. |
Oxygen |
| The Weather Channel |
$ 0.40/mo. |
Landmark Comm. |
| Lifetime |
$ 0.40/mo. |
Lifetime Entertainment (The Hearst Corporation and Disney) |
| A&E |
$ 0.40/mo. |
A&E (with NBC and Disney) |
| Food Network |
$ 0.40/mo. |
E.W. Scripps |
| Hallmark |
$ 0.35/mo. |
Crown Media |
| Court TV |
$ 0.35/mo. |
Time-Warner |
| Country Music Television |
$ 0.15/mo. |
Viacom |
For even more info on who owns what, click here.
*Cable companies and programmers do not reveal their contracted programming rates. The rates presented here have been gleaned from a variety of sources and include the base cost of the programming plus the cable companies mark-up.
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