Could Viacom Channels Go *Poof* This Week?

[Mr Tony]

I was going to mention that.

 

[Mr Tony]

I know lots of smaller cable companies haven't had Viacom in probably a year and they are still surviving

 

[Juan]

Last time DISH pulled Viacom (or was it DIRECTV?) Comedy Central pulled the Daily Show from being online to anyone until after the dispute was over.

I am not sure if they can do that this time though.

I vaguely remember that tv land was on a separate contract last time and was not pulled

 

[lparsons21]

Viacom isn't in a good position when it comes to negotiations IMO. Few of their channels are attractive these days. I suspect if Dish tells them to go punt that after a bit of initial howling, no one will care.


Lloyd

 

[bluegras]

Dish Drop Could Be Devastating For Viacom
As Viacom readies for the possibility that it will be dropped by the second largest satellite TV service provider in the country – Dish Network – Sanford Bernstein media analyst Todd Juenger said in a note to clients that failing to reach a deal could be a major blow for the programmer
http://www.multichannel.com/blog/mo...289?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

 

[MitchDeerfield]

No one watches the Daily Show now with the new host no one heard of before. Their ratings are down 40 percent. Viacom should lower its rates by the same amount.

 

[MitchDeerfield]

I vaguely remember that tv land was on a separate contract last time and was not pulled

I will miss the five hours of the Andy Griffith Show they run every day, and the 3 hours of Everybody Loves Raymond they run at night.

 

[Yespage]

The channels won't be going anywhere. It'd be suicide, unless Viacom decided to go completely IP.

I know lots of smaller cable companies haven't had Viacom in probably a year and they are still surviving

But if off Dish, Viacom may not.

 

[ChadT41]

I will miss the five hours of the Andy Griffith Show they run every day, and the 3 hours of Everybody Loves Raymond they run at night.

Should be more ELR now that Doris Is dead.

 

[btedford]

They can watch them on the channel's websites. Millennials would rather watch on an iPad than on TV anyway.

I am a millennial and I have a lot of friends my age that still watch on a TV rather than an iPad.....just saying.

 

[lparsons21]

No one watches the Daily Show now with the new host no one heard of before. Their ratings are down 40 percent. Viacom should lower its rates by the same amount.

No one checking in!!

I like the show and I also sub to Hulu, so no loss.

 

[MitchDeerfield]

No one has yet complained that Logo might be going off the air.

We have 14 millions viewers on Dish, certainly someone will miss Logo?

 

[Juan]

No one has yet complained that Logo might be going off the air.

We have 14 millions viewers on Dish, certainly someone will miss Logo?

Both viewers are now watching vice

 

[Mr Tony]

uh oh. If they remove Viacom are they going to protest dish about the loss of BET

BLACK CHANNELS MATTER

 

[whitty]

Who cares? Only watch Spike every now and then. TVLand only has Reba on nearly all day on the weekend so like Isay, who cares?

 

[Tampa8]

" Could Viacom Channels Go *Poof* This Week?"

Can you see a tree falling if no one is there to see it?

 

[boba]

IT IS TIME SOME ONE TOOK A STAND AND SAID ENOUGH CRAP IS ENOUGH PUT SOME PROGRAMMING ON OR GET OFF THE AIR !!!!!!!!!!!

 

[CK SatGuy]

The only Viacom channel worth watching is Comedy Central. If Nickelodeon would've kept all of the game shows from the '90s (before they came up with spongebob), that channel would've been worth keeping too.

 

[Deadlocked]

Will miss CC and TVLand. The rest I can do without and if it goes into E3, stream MS's presser


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[NAC]

I'm going to miss watching the power block Sunday mornings on Spike.