Time Warner Cable Set To Lose Viacom Channels

[Rednog]

Thank God for watching shows on the internet, in all seriousness how many people actually watch more than 4-5ish channels and even then only a handful of programs on each one? I remember back in the day when people would brag they had like 200+ channels like it was a good thing.

 

[TxMxRonin]

I noticed that ticker isn't on the channels anymore so I guess they reached an agreement. So now my cable bill is gonna go sky high. (I sleep with the TV on)

 

[Fineldar]

The ticker isn't on mine anymore either, went off late afternoon/evening. Also, I checked at 12:00 EST, then CST, then now, and I still have all those channels.

I would have been real angry if Comedy Central went away. It always has something at least watchable on. Watching 45 minutes of the middle of some dumb, unheard of movie, well worth it.

 

[sheic99]

You mean there are others besides, TWC? Oh yah, there are. But not where I live. You basically have two choices in Southern California. Satellite or Time-Warner. There are no other cable companies out here, there used to be a few but Time Warner swooped in with their huge bag of money and bought them all out.

If it was up to me, I would have ditched TWC along time ago. It's not up to me though. My mother will stick with TWC until the end because she only ever watches Monk and the news and because she had a bad experience with a DirecTV installer.

*cough*Cox Cable*cough* You know the other cable company in Southern California.

 

[Mymir]

Seems a settlement has been reached.

Now to wait and see how much more we will have to pay for Cable...


http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,474825,00.html

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

Seems a settlement has been reached.

Now to wait and see how much more we will have to pay for Cable...


http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,474825,00.html

Cheers Mymir. Wouldn't want anyone here to go without Dora.

 

[bkd69]

It's actually even more interesting.

For starters, TWC isn't being greedy, they're being cheap, a subtle distinction that will become clear shortly. It's Viacomm that's being greedy.

Now:
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20090102-in-dispute-viacom-threatens-to-pull-shows-on-tv-and-online.html

Apparently, they were also threatening to deny access to their streamed content to TWC internet subscribers, as well.

Here's where it gets funny. Here we have a content provider demanding more money from a service provider's subscriber stream. Two years ago, we had an AT&T VP, a service provider, looking for a way to charge third party content providers for premium access to his subscriber base.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

I think there's a LOT more politics here than we'll ever know about. I'll keep an eye on this one.

 

[Lord_Jaroh]

I haven't had "T.V." for almost 7 years now, mainly due to advertising whores. I have simply been downloading the shows I wish to watch. It'd be nice if we had a choice not to accept advertising or not legally rather than have it shoved down our throat. Until then, I will continue to bypass their advertisments and download the very few shows that I am actually interested in rather than pay ridiculous money for a package of channels, most of which I will never watch.

Boy will I be happy when the entertainment industry crashes, especially if it keeps going down the road that it is travelling.