Bidding war between networks, sports leagues will increase price of cable TV

Cable TV is about to get more expensive for millions of consumers because of a bidding war between networks and the country's most powerful sports leagues.Time Warner Cable, Cablevision and scores of rural cable providers are tacking on sports surcharges each month, the direct result of higher fees they are paying to ESPN and other sports networks to carry their channels. Beginning Feb. 5, DirecTV will raise fees by 5.7 percent.