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Fox Sports and NBC Universal are rejecting Verizon Communications’ plans to offer their networks as part of smaller, cheaper pay-TV packages, claiming the service violates contract agreements.

“We reject Verizon’s view that it can pursue the new packaging scheme it announced yet still comply with our agreements,” the sports unit of 21st Century Fox said Tuesday in a statement. “That said, we prefer to keep our commercial discussions confidential, and we will continue to address our concerns directly and privately with Verizon.”

Verizon began selling smaller bundles of channels on Sunday in a break with the industry’s longstanding strategy of forcing customers to pay more than $80 monthly fees for hundreds of channels, many consumer watch.

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