Time Warner Vs. Viacom goes nationwide.. (1 Viewer)

[mattCR]

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.

 

[Bryan X]

Our Time Warner is still carrying all those channels. But there is a scroll saying they could be removed at midnight.

 

[mattCR]

It appears it's just the scroll and the temporary loss of service was unconnected. But they are definitely getting word out.

 

[Ockeghem]

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.

 

[mattCR]

Brinkmanship is off the hook; DHD keeps the updates, interesting stuff.

Nikki Finke’s Deadline Hollywood Daily

 

[Robert Crawford]

The parties settled their differences late, last night.

 

[Greg_S_H]

Colonel Joe Conley: This is Crystal Palace. Are you still on?
[no response]
Colonel Joe Conley: This is Crystal Palace. Are you still on? Is anyone there?
Colonel Chase: That's affirmative, sir.
Airman Dougherty: Yeah, we're here! Jesus H. Christ! We're still here!

 

[Adam Lenhardt]

So how much is this agreement going to add to our cable bills?

 

[Hanson]

It should be 30-40 cents, but maybe TWC uses this as an excuse for a larger rate hike.

 

[Scott_J]

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.

 

[Bryan X]

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.