Could Viacom Channels Go *Poof* This Week?

[eichenberg]

Looks like talks may be going in a positive direction.

http://seekingalpha.com/news/3174488-viacom-rebounds-dishs-ergen-says-contract-talks-brightened

Been watching Full House for an hour now and haven't seen the troll scroll at all, so maybe they have a temporary agreement in place.

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[Tampa8]

Perhaps the Viacom channels will be replaced with VOOM....

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Maybe... but that's
A. ONE channel, and,
B. Not in my market anyway.

Comcast has removed channels as well in the past. As has almost every cable or Satellite company out there. It happens.

 

[eurosport]

Comcast has removed channels as well in the past. As has almost every cable or Satellite company out there. It happens.

Oh I know, some just do it a little more times than others.

 

[KaptainRandom]

Went through the dvr timers...
'Did the math'...
Over the next week...

The Daily Show,
Comedy Central,
occasionally watch once/twice a week, won't really miss it.

Bar Rescue,
Spike,
format of show is getting old, won't miss it.

Bellator,
Spike,
My brother has Direct-tv and I've been looking for a reason to have dinner/party at his house occassionally.

That is all,
Good luck to you Viacom in your future endeavors,
The time we spent together was nice,
But, it seems our relationship has come to an end.

 

[Deadlocked]

Sounds like Viacom was playing hard ball and as the deadline came closer they started to sweat and blink


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[Hall]

So if I signed a contract for two years for a package and channels...

No, you didn't.

 

[lparsons21]

My timers show The Daily Show (available on Hulu or Comedy Central app) and Lip Sync Battle(available on YouTube)


Lloyd

 

[Chris Walker]

No crawls on any of the channels.. Good sign?

 

[Deadlocked]

No crawls on any of the channels.. Good sign?

Yup, Viacom probably blinked. They know they can't lose Dish after their past 2-3 years. The stock would nosedive.

 

[mikedz4]

their stock did nosedive yesterday after word got out that they were nowhere near an agreement with dish. If dish drops Viacom channels my family is going to dislike me very much. They already dislike me because of all the channels we lost switching from Comcast to dish. My parents are ready to pay the etf just to get Comcast back.

 

[JSheridan]

their stock did nosedive yesterday after word got out that they were nowhere near an agreement with dish. If dish drops Viacom channels my family is going to dislike me very much. They already dislike me because of all the channels we lost switching from Comcast to dish. My parents are ready to pay the etf just to get Comcast back.

Just curious, what channels did you lose?

 

[Mr Tony]

Just curious, what channels did you lose?

Probably some of the OTA subchannels that cable carries and satellite doesnt

 

[Tampa8]

So if I signed a contract for two years for a package and channels are removed but price stays the same .Do I have the right to break contract without penalties. Because I feel they broke their contract with me. I mean dish says they do this to keep prices down, but if they take channels away for same price . Do we really win.? or even matter? Isn't this the same thing or am losing my mind ?

But they aren't breaking the contract with you. No more than any other cable or Satellite provider. They know this kind of thing happens, they can't and don't guarantee any channels, networks etc.. I think aside from that, they also have an out because you had a choice, you didn't have to sign a contract. They offer their services if you own your equipment with no contract. Normally I would just tell you to chill because the channels will be back if they even go off, but in the case of Viacom it's all up to them because DISH like some other cable providers have not really issue with Viacom not being carried.

 

[mikedz4]

Just curious, what channels did you lose?

CMT Music, Local Pittsburgh ota channels, PCNC, ME TV plus I didn't realize we had 8 tvs with boxes not 6 so now we have two tvs without boxes.

 

[bluegras]

wouldn't we see a uplink report if they were going to be shut off right?

 

[JTBenson]

Is it still on? I am not at home to see.

 

[Chris Walker]

Is it still on? I am not at home to see.

Yea, watching Comedy Central right now. Interesting to see if they reached agreement or just extension.

 

[ChadT41]

Still on...

 

[ChadT41]

Yea, watching Comedy Central right now. Interesting to see if they reached agreement or just extension.

I'm waiting to see it Viacom blinked. Fun decoding the press releases on it.