Before I get into it…If you have Time Warner cable you’re about to lose Comedy Central, CMT: Pure Country, Logo, Palladia, MTV, MTV 2, MTV Hits, MTV Jams, MTV Tr3s, Nickelodeon, Noggin, Nick 2, Nicktoons, Spike, The N, TV Land, VH1, VH1 Classic, and VH1 Soul. This means no more "SpongeBob SquarePants," no more of "The Daily Show" and none of "The Colbert Report." You ask, “How is this happening?” The scrooges over at Time Warner, the nation's second-largest cable operator, are refusing to pay Viacom increased carriage fees. How can this be justified by Time Warner when “Americans spend a fifth of their TV time watching Viacom shows but its fees make up less than 2.5 percent of the Time Warner cable bill.” I’m not a math whiz but this one seems pretty simple.Read full article
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Yup, this sounds like Time Warner to me. Pay more for much less. That's just good business. :p
I agree people need to collectively SMACK the tar out of TW and let them know who really makes them what they are.
Sadly thogh in today's media fed world where the meida we watch tells us what we should or shouldn't accept or do also dumbs us down if we are not careful.
As science progresses into the realm of more understanding of the human brain, and what it reacts to, craves, and in effect DEMANDS more of... Expect these companies to take every advantage of out lack of will power over these basic innerworkings of our brains.
I mean in DISCOVER Winter 2009 is Your Brain On: LOVE, Fear, Music.
Well I have read also before now that Hollywood (Time Warner types) have been also studying the effects of movies on people to make only movies that cater as much as possible to these reactive parts of the brain.
Anyone want to see SAW 3,245... :~(
Sadly TW knows that not enough people will SMACK them, leave or do anything accept pay more to get what used to be basic stations.
In 1995 I switched to Direct TV and have not once looked back. No it's not the cable we had been promised when it first came out in the 1980's where it would be AD free, as suscribers would be paying that difference to bypass the ads needed to fund the content.
Seems they choose to make us pay, and also show the ads anyway. Hey,why didn;t over the aire TV do this years ago? Sheesh. :p
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