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Time Warner Vs. Viacom goes nationwide..

post #1 of 11
12/31/08 at 7:10am
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Time Warner cable customers found themselves this morning short at numerous channels.. MTV (all), Spike, Nick (all), etc. As negotations between Time Warner & Viacom fall apart.
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post #2 of 11
12/31/08 at 7:39am

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Our Time Warner is still carrying all those channels. But there is a scroll saying they could be removed at midnight.
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post #3 of 11
12/31/08 at 8:07am
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It appears it's just the scroll and the temporary loss of service was unconnected. But they are definitely getting word out.
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post #4 of 11
12/31/08 at 8:32am

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We got the message last night that several of the channels listed above could be removed. There was also a phone number to call with the suggestion that we "Demand" that this not occur.
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post #5 of 11
12/31/08 at 1:53pm
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Brinkmanship is off the hook; DHD keeps the updates, interesting stuff.

Nikki Finke’s Deadline Hollywood Daily
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post #6 of 11
1/1/09 at 5:52am

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The parties settled their differences late, last night.
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post #7 of 11
1/1/09 at 1:31pm

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[no response]
Colonel Joe Conley: This is Crystal Palace. Are you still on? Is anyone there?
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post #8 of 11
1/1/09 at 1:39pm

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So how much is this agreement going to add to our cable bills?
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post #9 of 11
1/2/09 at 12:20pm

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It should be 30-40 cents, but maybe TWC uses this as an excuse for a larger rate hike.
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post #10 of 11
1/2/09 at 3:30pm

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I already got a brochure from Time Warner last week about rate hikes effective in February (about $8-10 for my service). Obviously, they're raising rates whether Viacom charged them more or not.
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post #11 of 11
1/2/09 at 4:30pm

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Just call Time Warner and ask for a lower rate. I've done that once a year for the past three years and each year they've given me a monthly discount on avereage of $25 per month (the biggest discount I got was $30 per month and the smallest $20 per month). I've save about $1,000 over the past 3 years doing that.
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