Viacom Channels Blacked Out for 20 Million DirecTV Customers (16)
1 Name: King Dude !zXqFpoplY6 : 2012-07-11 17:11 ID:o8RVlFJz [Del]
"Millions of kids at home for summer vacation will have to forgo their daily dose of "SpongeBob SquarePants." DirecTV customers lost access to 19 channels owned by Viacom , including Nickelodeon, MTV and Comedy Central, at around midnight Tuesday. The two companies could not reach an agreement on subscriber fees before their seven-year deal expired.
Viacom is seeking a 30% increase, or $1 billion more than its previous deal, DirecTV said in a statement. Viacom countered that its proposed increase totals "a couple of pennies per day per subscriber." Disputes between media companies and cable or satellite TV providers have become increasingly common, but this one is hitting an especially wide audience. With 20 million subscribers, DirecTV is the country's second-largest television service provider, behind only Comcast (CMCSA). DirecTV customers make up nearly 20% of all U.S. cable and satellite subscribers, according to SNL Kagan. The blacked-out content is popular as well. In addition to SpongeBob, Viacom owns the rights to many other big-name shows, including "The Daily Show" and "Jersey Shore." Yet DirecTV notes that Viacom is asking for a large increase at a time when its ratings are sinking." -CNN
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>>2>>3 You are a dumbass. Anyway, for something real... Fucking Viacom just wants money, they just want MONEY, THATS IT. Those bastards are just greedy.
