• New York Post, Thursday, December 15, 2011 3:54 PM

A dispute over subscriber fees between MSG Network and Time Warner Cable could mean New York City-area basketball fans watching a blank screen rather than Knicks games in the new year.

MSG's contract with the cable operator expires at midnight on Jan. 1. Meanwhile, the two are said to "be far apart on a deal, with MSG looking for a per-subscriber increase of a couple of dollars," according to a source consulted by writer Claire Atkinson.

During the last contract dispute between MSG and Time Warner, in 2005, "MSG went dark for two months," writes Atkinson.

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