DirectTV has Dropped SpikeTV, Hulk urging people to call them

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Just to clarify...directv didn't drop anything. Viacom sent them papers saying to remove all their channels by midnight last night or face legal action. Hulk appears on a viacom channel so he is employed by viacom. That's why he is doing this.
 

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Just to clarify...directv didn't drop anything. Viacom sent them papers saying to remove all their channels by midnight last night or face legal action. Hulk appears on a viacom channel so he is employed by viacom. That's why he is doing this.

Viacom issued the order to drop their channels because DTV wouldn't meet the increased licensing fee they were asking for.
Viacom is trying to take the hardline approach with the belief that enough subscriber complaints and threats to drop their service will force DTV's hand and get them to agree to Viacom's new cost structure.
 

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Viacom issued the order to drop their channels because DTV wouldn't meet the increased licensing fee they were asking for.
Viacom is trying to take the hardline approach with the belief that enough subscriber complaints and threats to drop their service will force DTV's hand and get them to agree to Viacom's new cost structure.




Right. Viacom is being disgusting in this ordeal. Having Nickelodeon cartoon characters in commercials talking to kids about it. I'm on DirecTV's side on this. You want me to pay more for channels I already have? :leon:

DirecTV told them of there 17 channels subscribers should be able to pick which ones they want if they are going to increase prices. Viacom :pacspit: @ that thought.
 

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Right. Viacom is being disgusting in this ordeal. Having Nickelodeon cartoon characters in commercials talking to kids about it. I'm on DirecTV's side on this. You want me to pay more for channels I already have? :leon:

DirecTV told them of there 17 channels subscribers should be able to pick which ones they want if they are going to increase prices. Viacom :pacspit: @ that thought.

All cable providers should be forced to offer ala carte programming so that subscribers can choose what they want to pay for. I probably only watch 10% of the channels that my package on Comcast offers but if I were to go to the lower package I would lose a good chunk of the channels I actually watch. It is bullshyt and supposedly the FCC was going to force Comcast to offer ala carte as part of the Comcast/NBC deal but nothing ever came of it.
 

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well he did tell me to say my prayers and take my vitamins. man can't be wrong about this.
 
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