Nickelodeon
Techman28
Master - Level 1

ALERT! ALERT! ALERT! Attention Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks customers, starting tonight, you will lose your favorite Nickelodeon shows on TV and online because of a dispute with Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks. You can stop this! Time Warner Cable customers call 1-800-762-3786 and Bright House Networks customers call 1-866-309-3279, AND DEMAND THEY KEEP YOUR CHANNEL! YOU MUST BE AT LEAST 18 YEARS OLD TO CALL.

FIOS CUSTOMERS WILL NOT BE AFFECTED BY THIS.

Re: Nickelodeon
Justin46
Legend

A not-so-subtle jab there Techman28, I love it! Smiley Very Happy  

In the last few weeks, Charter Cable here in the DFW area was threatening to remove ABC (channel 😎 from their system without an agreement for the station to pay to be on the system. It appears that they have come to an agreement so this won't happen, but I suspect we are going to see more of this, hopefully not on FiOS.

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Justin
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Re: Nickelodeon
TimSykes
Specialist - Level 2
Samething with CW in buffalo. Time warner just must like pissing people off.
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Techman28
Master - Level 1
Can you live without "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" and "The Hills"?

Some of you may have to, if Viacom can't reach a deal by midnight Wednesday that would keep Comedy Central, MTV, and its 18 other networks on Time Warner Cable systems, according to a report in The New York Times.

The conglomerate was expected to take out full-page ads in major newspapers today explaining how fans would suffer if Time Warner refuses to ante up in the new year.

Viacom is home to kiddie powerhouse Nick (aka, the birthplace of "Dora the Explorer," "Drake and Josh," and "Zoey 101") as well as nets like Comedy Central, VH-1, and Spike TV. Time Warner cable systems reportedly reach up to 13 million subscribers.

Viacom believes the fees it receives for the nets are way too low, given how they attract a healthy percentage of eyeballs for Time Warner. The cable operator, in the meantime, is arguing that Viacom's profits are down because of the soft ad market and are desperate to increase revenue elsewhere. Stay tuned.

CNN and Entertainment Weekly are units of Time Warner, as is Time Warner Cab

 

 

 

Here is an update from CNN and they will be updating the story throughout the day. 🙂

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Re: Nickelodeon
psumatt1
Contributor - Level 2
It may not affect FIOS customers, but VZ needs to get that deal done with Viacom to bring on all of their HD channels!
Message Edited by psumatt on 12-31-2008 11:07 AM
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TimSykes
Specialist - Level 2

@psumatt wrote:
It may not affect FIOS customers, but VZ needs to get that deal done with Viacom to bring on all of their HD channels!
Message Edited by psumatt on 12-31-2008 11:07 AM

Agreed 
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