TWC losing channels???

[RanJer]

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-f...,5837212.story

Watching Comedy Central and there's a scroller telling me to call a number to stop it from happening. So I looked it up, and apparently TWC and Viacom got beef..

[GRAMPS SS]

your fav shows jeri....i'd write letters....

[lordairgtar]

I say fawk em. My cable bill is too much anyway. viacom and TWC can both kiss my bahookie

[RanJer]

Your favorites too Wayner...

Time Warner Cable Inc. could lose such Viacom channels as Nickelodeon, MTV, VH-1, Comedy Central, Spike, TV Land and BET.

[xxtremeteam]

good thing I have Direct tv -no problems here havent missed TWC once since I told them to go F themselfs, its nice our bill is now the same every month!!

[DynoTom]

If the channels they are talking about really do go from my cable I will dump my cable...The prices keep going up was bad enough to deal with and now losing most of the channels I watch to boot are the last straw!


I guess I go with direct TV.....

[Nick]

I've been noticing this too. Intermittently.

[DynoTom]

I have had cable here for MANY years now , I like the service for the most part, latley the prices are just getting too high, now with the channels I watch going away there is no reason to stay...

[Nick]

YEah, prices for TV are just getting outrageous

[97z2801ss]

I just saw this too watching fresh prince: my son loves Dora, Icarly and "bob bob". Why does it say you can stop this by calling and 800 number? Going to make us pay more? Ill have my dad dump TWC for Uverse or Direct tv

[SSDude]

Dish FTW

[twirkin50]

What a surprise..........

[GRAMPS SS]

If the channels they are talking about really do go from my cable I will dump my cable...The prices keep going up was bad enough to deal with and now losing most of the channels I watch to boot are the last straw!


I guess I go with direct TV.....

same here....or maybe AT&T will get there asses in gear and fix my shit out here and i can get there cable...

[Myles]

people still watch TV the old way?

[Mr. Brett]

They're taking away BET???? Noooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!

[SSDude]

'SpongeBob' may go dark on Time Warner
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081231/...e_warner_cable

LOS ANGELES – "SpongeBob SquarePants" may be getting squeezed off of Time Warner Cable.

Media giant Viacom Inc. said its Nickelodeon, MTV, Comedy Central and 16 other channels will go dark for 13 million subscribers at 12:01 a.m. Thursday if a new carriage fee deal with Time Warner Cable is not agreed upon by then.

The impasse would mean "SpongeBob" and other popular shows like Jon Stewart's "The Daily Show" and Stephen Colbert's "The Colbert Report" will be cut off, said spokesman Alex Dudley, a vice president at Time Warner Cable. The nation's second-largest cable operator primarily serves customers in New York state, the Carolinas, Ohio, Southern California and Texas.

Viacom has asked for fee increases of between 22 percent and 36 percent per channel, an amount that could increase customers' cable bills, Dudley said. Viacom spokeswoman Kelly McAndrew said the requested increase was in the very low double-digit percentage range.

"The issue is that they have asked for an exorbitant increase in their carriage fees and their network ratings are sagging," Dudley said. "Basically we're trying to hold the line for our customer."

[Nick]

Yeah, wow. I love HD tv but over $100 a month for that not including the internet - come on...

[Holeshot]

'SpongeBob' may go dark on Time Warner
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081231/...e_warner_cable

LOS ANGELES – "SpongeBob SquarePants" may be getting squeezed off of Time Warner Cable.

Media giant Viacom Inc. said its Nickelodeon, MTV, Comedy Central and 16 other channels will go dark for 13 million subscribers at 12:01 a.m. Thursday if a new carriage fee deal with Time Warner Cable is not agreed upon by then.

The impasse would mean "SpongeBob" and other popular shows like Jon Stewart's "The Daily Show" and Stephen Colbert's "The Colbert Report" will be cut off, said spokesman Alex Dudley, a vice president at Time Warner Cable. The nation's second-largest cable operator primarily serves customers in New York state, the Carolinas, Ohio, Southern California and Texas.

Viacom has asked for fee increases of between 22 percent and 36 percent per channel, an amount that could increase customers' cable bills, Dudley said. Viacom spokeswoman Kelly McAndrew said the requested increase was in the very low double-digit percentage range.

"The issue is that they have asked for an exorbitant increase in their carriage fees and their network ratings are sagging," Dudley said. "Basically we're trying to hold the line for our customer."

^^^^


FOOK Time Warner. They no nothing about customer service or whom puts food on their table.

Satellite FTW

[Car Guy]

I'm pretty sure everybody knows where I stand on this subject with TW.....

[Nick]

I have never had a problem with TW's service, or customer service. It's been flawless for me. It's just too damn expensive.