on january 28, 2013, fts announced that 17 of their stations would be affiliating with new subchannel network, movies!, which is a joint venture between fts and weigel broadcasting, on their subchannels. that same day, the company announced it would be acquiring the charlotte duopoly of cw affiliate wjzy and mynetworktv affiliate wmyt-tv from capitol broadcasting company. the deal was approved by the fcc on march 11 and completed on april 17. as part of the deal, wjzy became a fox owned-and-operated station on july 1. the station community believed that the charlotte station's purchase by fts is proof that fox is interested in owning a tv station in nfl markets (specifically those with nfc teams, as charlotte is) to up the station groups' "bargaining power in retransmission consent negotiations with cable, satellite and telco operators."