Viacom threatens to go dark
Scary news, TV fans. The Associated Press reports this morning that media giant Viacom is warning Time Warner Cable if the two can't reach a deal by midnight, Viacom's 16 networks will go dark. Why...
View ArticleBET & MTV Go Old School
A story in the New York Times says that Viacom, which owns BET and MTV, is forming a new cable channel for middle-aged African-Americans, that they'll call Centric. They'll make the announcement...
View ArticleTime Warner Cable adds Viacom HD channels (finally!)
Time Warner Cable customers have been not-so-patiently awaiting this news for months. Starting tomorrow, January 6, the cable company is adding Viacom channels Comedy Central (1304), MTV (1450), VH1...
View ArticleTime Warner Cable pulls some channels from iPad app
Time Warner Cable has removed several streaming channels from their controversial (among media giants) iPad app.The cable company is currently fighting with Viacom, Discovery Communications and the...
View ArticleTime Warner Cable wants court ruling on iPad channels
Time Warner Cable isn't giving up their iPad app channels without a fight.The cable company filed a request for declaratory judgment today in a New York federal court, seeking a ruling that they have...
View ArticleDirecTV customers lose Viacom channels (MTV, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon, etc)
Viacom pulled their channels from DirecTV early this morning, after a long dispute over how much the satellite company would pay for Viacom programming.No Viacom means no MTV (Snooki!), no Comedy...
View ArticleViacom cuts internet access to 'Daily Show,''Colbert' and other shows
You know how there's a Viacom blackout on DirecTV and everybody's all, "Oh, I'll just watch on the internet" about it?Not so fast!That's what DirecTV was advising customers to do (watch online), so...
View ArticleViacom says no end in sight for DirecTV blackout
Bad news for DirecTV customers missing Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, MTV and other Viacom channels. Viacom has released a statement saying that negotiations have "moved backwards significantly" and that...
View ArticleDirecTV and Viacom reach agreement
After a nine-day blackout -- and a bit of fatalistic drama earlier this week -- Viacom and satellite company DirecTV have reached an agreement that will restore Viacom channels to DirecTV's 20 million...
View ArticleDirecTV-Viacom deal could mean more restrictions for online access to shows
Everyone's happy that DirecTV and Viacom finally worked out their problems late this week, but it looks like one of the byproducts of that new deal is that online access to TV shows could become more...
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