Viacom pulls shows offline for everyone in DirecTV dispute loses stations could pull channels tonight and Are Both Right But Is Righter Uses Fans As Hostages Blocks Daily Show Colbert Streams For Everyone To Spite Fee Dispute with Leads to Pull Popular Shows Off the Web [Beef] Forced Drop All Channels Over Millions Lose Access Jon Stewart Snooki And Dora Drops Viacom's Before Midnight Deadline Chloe Sevigny 'Hit & Miss' Official Trailer Watch Now! Social Manipulation Shooting Yourself Corporate Foot Rose Byrne 'Late Night Jimmy Fallon' Visit! Battle Royale Between Dish AMC Pushes TV Closer Irrelevancy ViacomDirecTV cost highlights concern over payTV's future take fight Louisville watchers lose DirecTVViacom South Florida customers MTV Nickelodeon more Negotiating Failure Leaves 26 Dark

Can you call DirecTV now for deals? Several DirecTV customers are reporting on online forums that they were able to get up to $10 per month knocked off their bills because they threatened to leave the satellite TV company over the fact that Viacom programming is no longer available for DirecTV customers. Biggest loser in DirecTV-Viacom feud? Both A war of words is raging between Viacom and DirecTV, after the satellite firm dropped 26 of the cable company's channels from its lineup late Tuesday night. Biggest loser in DirecTV-Viacom feud? Both. (+video) The standoff between DirecTV and Viacom risks accelerating the move away from television to iPads and smart phones – and the expectation of access to content anywhere, anytime. Viacom yanks free online programming; dispute continues with DirecTV As the dispute between Viacom and DirecTV continued Wednesday, the conglomerate yanked access to some of its more popular programming that was available free on company websites. Fans can no longer watch full episodes of shows like "SpongeBob Squarepants" and "iCarly" or "Jersey Shore" and "The Daily Show," which is sure to further anger the 20 million DirecTV subscribers who continue to find a ... Viacom and DirecTV Are Both Right, But DirecTV Is Righter The fee dispute between Viacom and DirecTV that has seen the satellite service's 20 million subscribers lose access to MTV, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central and other channels has the makings of a long standoff, one in which each side, convinced of the justice of its case, refuses to yield. It probably won't work out that way, though, and that's too bad -- not just for those of us who love a good ... DirecTV CEO Says Talks With Viacom Continue DirecTV (DTV) Chief Executive Officer Mike White said talks are continuing with Viacom Inc., even as the two sides remain "pretty far apart" in a dispute over programming fees. DirecTV customers lose Viacom channels in fee dispute Sacramento-area DirecTV customers missing programs this week on Nickelodeon, MTV, Comedy Central and more than a dozen other Viacom cable channels can at least take solace in the fact that they're not alone. DirecTV, Viacom Cross Swords, Customers Get Hurt A months-long disagreement over the fees DirecTV should pay to Viacom for some of its most popular programming has turned into steely-eyed brinkmanship between the two companies -- and DirecTV's customers caught in the middle. Viacom proposed increasing the fees DirecTV pays for programming offered on Nickelodeon, MTV, and Comedy Central by 30 percent. DirecTV refused, and Viacom pulled the plug. Web wails as DirecTV channels go dark A dispute between satellite provider DirecTV and Viacom led to nearly 20 million customers losing access to 26 channels Viacom owns. Stars of shows on the networks led the social-media charge complaining. DirecTV and Viacom: Social Manipulation and Shooting Yourself in the Corporate Foot DirecTV's and Viacom's attempts to manipulate public opinion aren't anything new (Edison was electrocuting animals to similar ends at the turn of the last century) but the result for both companies could be far less than they'd like.
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