# Viacom threatening to pull channels from Time Warner
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/viacom-threatening-to-pull-channels-from-time-warner/241075
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**Created:** [December 31, 2008, 12:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/viacom-threatening-to-pull-channels-from-time-warner/241075 "2008-12-31T12:17:21Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@smithsteg](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/smithsteg)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2008, 12:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/viacom-threatening-to-pull-channels-from-time-warner/241075/1 "2008-12-31T12:17:21Z")
Cable giant Viacom Inc. is threatening to yank its channels – including Nickelodeon, MTV and Comedy Central – from Time Warner Cable Inc. systems at 12:01 a.m. Thursday if the two companies can’t reach an agreement over fees.
If Viacom makes good on its statements, that would mean the blackout of kids’ shows such as “Dora the Explorer” and “SpongeBob SquarePants” as well as Comedy Central’s popular “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” and “The Colbert Report.”
Time Warner Cable, based in New York City, is the franchise provider for much of Albany, N.Y.
Viacom’s announcement stems from a debate it’s having with Time Warner (NYSE: TWC) over carriage fees, the money the cable providers pay to air programming. In a statement, Viacom said it’s asking for a reasonable increase of less than 25 cents per month per subscriber. The company said Americans spend 20 percent of their TV viewing time watching Viacom networks but that Viacom’s fees amount to just 2.5 percent of what Time Warner gets from the average customer.
The company has taken out advertisements in national newspapers in an effort to stir up customers.
Time Warner responded by saying the dispute really stems from Viacom’s slumping ad revenue and that a fee increase would amount to a squeeze on the cable company’s customers.
Viacom (NYSE:VIA.B) channels include MTV, VH1, Nickelodeon, Nick at Nite, Comedy Central, Country Music Television, Spike TV, TV Land, Logo and BET.
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### Author:  [@LKSi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LKSi)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2008, 12:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/viacom-threatening-to-pull-channels-from-time-warner/241075/2 "2008-12-31T12:18:35Z")
I saw this scrolling across the TV all last night. :wtf is the issue here. I’m going to be pissed if those channels get pulled.
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### Author:  [@Auto0utcast](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Auto0utcast)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2008, 12:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/viacom-threatening-to-pull-channels-from-time-warner/241075/3 "2008-12-31T12:20:12Z")
meh no big loss for me as long as MSG and espn are still on the air.
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### Author:  [@91teg](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/91teg)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2008, 12:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/viacom-threatening-to-pull-channels-from-time-warner/241075/4 "2008-12-31T12:20:30Z")
i called the 1-800 number last night and they told me i wasnt going to be effected
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### Author:  [@tdi\_logik](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tdi_logik)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2008, 12:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/viacom-threatening-to-pull-channels-from-time-warner/241075/5 "2008-12-31T12:21:41Z")
> [@LKSwhy?](#):
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> I saw this scrolling across the TV all last night. :wtf is the issue here. I’m going to be pissed if those channels get pulled.
yea, that is gonna suck.
no more a double shot of love orrr
the city!
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### Author:  [@GranMassaX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GranMassaX)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2008, 12:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/viacom-threatening-to-pull-channels-from-time-warner/241075/6 "2008-12-31T12:21:47Z")
i need spike tv
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### Author:  [@smithsteg](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/smithsteg)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2008, 12:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/viacom-threatening-to-pull-channels-from-time-warner/241075/7 "2008-12-31T12:22:54Z")
> [@GranMassaX](#):
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> i need spike tv
you like
dont you
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### Author:  [@GranMassaX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GranMassaX)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2008, 12:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/viacom-threatening-to-pull-channels-from-time-warner/241075/8 "2008-12-31T12:23:24Z")
nope, ufc fight nights and ultimate fighter
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### Author:  [@LKSi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LKSi)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2008, 12:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/viacom-threatening-to-pull-channels-from-time-warner/241075/9 "2008-12-31T12:23:28Z")
> [@30r\_logik](#):
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> yea, that is gonna suck.
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> no more a double shot of love orrr
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> the city!
If I miss out on the premier of Tool Academy I’m going to be sooo pissed
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### Author:  [@NedZ32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/NedZ32)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2008, 12:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/viacom-threatening-to-pull-channels-from-time-warner/241075/10 "2008-12-31T12:24:42Z")
> [@GranMassaX](#):
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> nope, ufc fight nights and ultimate fighter
2nd that
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### Author:  [@duuka](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/duuka)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2008, 12:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/viacom-threatening-to-pull-channels-from-time-warner/241075/11 "2008-12-31T12:34:44Z")
if this shit goes through im gettin a dish
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### Author:  [@K20power](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/K20power)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2008, 12:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/viacom-threatening-to-pull-channels-from-time-warner/241075/12 "2008-12-31T12:36:00Z")
Yeah my brother just told me about this today and i was like :wtf
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### Author:  [@JClark](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JClark)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2008, 12:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/viacom-threatening-to-pull-channels-from-time-warner/241075/13 "2008-12-31T12:37:43Z")
This will not affect the tiniest detail of anyone’s life.
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### Author:  [@tdi\_logik](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tdi_logik)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2008, 12:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/viacom-threatening-to-pull-channels-from-time-warner/241075/14 "2008-12-31T12:39:42Z")
> [@K20powerz](#):
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> Yeah my brother just told me about this today and i was like :wtf
your brother is gonna be too busy playin video games lol
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### Author:  [@GranMassaX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GranMassaX)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2008, 12:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/viacom-threatening-to-pull-channels-from-time-warner/241075/15 "2008-12-31T12:41:18Z")
> [@JClark](#):
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> This will not affect the tiniest detail of anyone’s life.
your ok with it since SPEED wasn’t mentioned
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### Author:  [@K20power](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/K20power)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2008, 12:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/viacom-threatening-to-pull-channels-from-time-warner/241075/16 "2008-12-31T12:41:44Z")
> [@30r\_logik](#):
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> your brother is gonna be too busy playin video games lol
LOL dude, Wii Fit is where it’s at right now.
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### Author:  [@91teg](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/91teg)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2008, 12:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/viacom-threatening-to-pull-channels-from-time-warner/241075/17 "2008-12-31T12:45:19Z")
> [@K20powerz](#):
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> LOL dude, Wii Fit is where it’s at right now.
Have you played Wii beer pong
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### Author:  [@K20power](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/K20power)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2008, 12:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/viacom-threatening-to-pull-channels-from-time-warner/241075/18 "2008-12-31T12:48:29Z")
> [@91 teg](#):
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> Have you played Wii beer pong
I have not, but we just got Wii Fit and it’s pretty wild
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### Author:  [@JClark](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JClark)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2008, 12:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/viacom-threatening-to-pull-channels-from-time-warner/241075/19 "2008-12-31T12:59:03Z")
> [@GranMassaX](#):
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> your ok with it since SPEED wasn’t mentioned
Speed’s programming has forsaken me so I have forsaken it right back.
This kind of stuff has been announced before, it never happens. They both stand to lose way more by blacking it out than by working out a deal.
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### Author:  [@GranMassaX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GranMassaX)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2008, 1:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/viacom-threatening-to-pull-channels-from-time-warner/241075/20 "2008-12-31T13:02:52Z")
> [@JClark](#):
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> Speed’s programming has forsaken me so I have forsaken it right back.
no love for HIN and livin’ the low life? :sad
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