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DirecTV and Viacom can't even agree on how far apart they are in the dispute keeping Nickelodeon, MTV, Comedy Central and other Viacom stations from DirecTV customers. In a statement Wednesday ...
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Seventeen DirecTV channels ranging from Nickelodeon to MTV remained dark Wednesday, the result of a pricing dispute between the satellite company and content provider Viacom.
I'm a little biased here, but even I can ignore my bias and accept that Viacom is dead right in their spat with DirecTV (DTV). I like DirecTV as a company, generally, and dislike Viacom (VIA ...
DirecTV (DTV, Fortune 500) customers lost access to 19 channels owned by Viacom (VIA), including Nickelodeon, MTV and Comedy Central, at around midnight Tuesday. The two companies could not reach ...
But Nomura Securities’ Michael Nathanson says that Viacom has to dig in its heels. If it can’t add 60 cents to the $2.25 monthly per sub fee from DirecTV, then it might have to lower prices ...
DirecTV has fired back at Viacom Inc., saying it is the programmer’s desire to force the satellite broadcaster to carry its movie channel Epix that has caused a breakdown in their negotiations ...
DirecTV and Viacom have averted a blackout that would have removed channels such as BET and Comedy Central from the pay-TV service. The contract between DirecTV parent AT&T and Viacom expired at ...
As Mike Sorrentino, star of MTV’s “Jersey Shore,” would put it, DirecTV and Viacom have a situation here. DirecTV dropped more than a dozen cable networks owned by Viacom including MTV ...
Viacom has walked away from negotiations with DirecTV on a carriage agreement to restore 26 channels to satcaster’s lineup, the conglom disclosed Wednesday. As the standoff between the companies ...
Viacom and DirecTV ended their dispute over carriage fees on Friday, which saw the return of 17 Viacom channels on the cable satellite service. But who won, who lost, and what does the resolution ...
Viacom says CEO Philippe Dauman offered a compromise to DirecTV CEO Michael White last week, and hasn't heard from him since DirecTV and Viacom can't even agree on how far apart they are in the ...