12/31/2008 12:07:09 AM

TW being a bitch to viacom.





again

12/31/2008 12:07:49 AM

say what now?

12/31/2008 12:08:46 AM

fucking a I hate twc

can we please boot them out and get somebody else

12/31/2008 12:08:58 AM

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28440958/

12/31/2008 12:10:00 AM

wtf

might be the final straw in moving over to satellite

12/31/2008 12:14:02 AM

yeah, def. switch to satellite if these shows get cancelled

12/31/2008 12:15:46 AM

See I hate this, as a technology I fundamentally prefer cable to satellite

but shit like this just keeps happening and I'm getting tired of it.

12/31/2008 12:16:26 AM

i prefer cable too but time warner is always dropping the ball

i am still waiting on my NFL network too

12/31/2008 12:18:26 AM

shit, I'm waiting on fox/nbc/abc in hd out here with Charter, though that isn't them causing the problems but the parent companies of said stations not wanting to broadcast it down here without higher fees than necessary (since charter would have to broadcast them unencrypted and for free).


At least you guys have a lot more HD premium channels as well.

12/31/2008 12:24:28 AM

Torrents for the mother fucking win

12/31/2008 12:24:51 AM

I really don't care as long as my internet still works.

12/31/2008 12:25:43 AM

I hate TWC as much as the rest of you

But it sounds like your anger needs to be directed at Viacom in this situation

Quote :

"Viacom has asked for fee increases of between 22 and 36 percent per channel"

12/31/2008 12:26:02 AM

i'm on the Dish TurboHD package and get none of those channels

and i don't miss them at all

12/31/2008 12:32:06 AM

And the rich get richer... either way.

12/31/2008 12:38:36 AM

all those channels suck...

wake me up when Chapelle's show is back on, and VH1 isn't doing another balls rapingly painful Guns N Roses backstory.


I'm Big Business and i approved this message.

12/31/2008 12:40:17 AM

i'd be willing to pay a couple extra bucks for comedy central

12/31/2008 12:53:19 AM

I'm going to be wicked pissed if this actually happens.

12/31/2008 1:06:57 AM

battle of the monopolistic ogligarchs TimeWarner v. Viacom fight!

As much shit as I love giving TimeWarner Cable i'll give them credit

Quote :

"Basically we're trying to hold the line for our customer."

This is a first....
Nonetheless i think cable is greatly overpriced. I would just assume drop to basic if my two stoner roommate would be cool (unlikely). The price of cable will never go down to what i consider a reasonable level while lazy people continue to see TV as a necessity instead of a luxury. My buddy who says TWC says customers come in all the time trying to pay the bill with their welfare check.

[Edited on December 31, 2008 at 4:57 AM. Reason : l]

12/31/2008 4:54:02 AM

Quote :

"Viacom said the increases would cost an extra 23 cents a month per subscriber _ which works out to $35.9 million more in total. It said that 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. "We make this request because Time Warner Cable has so greatly undervalued our channels for so long," it said. "Ultimately, however, if Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, MTV and the rest of our programming is discontinued _ over less than a penny per day _ we believe viewers will see this behavior by their cable company as outrageous," it said."

sounds like it is more like TWC being assholes.

in before 'that's what you get when both sides are headed by Jews'

[Edited on December 31, 2008 at 5:20 AM. Reason : ,]

12/31/2008 5:19:59 AM

ha BET. how long until the NAACP starts calling Time Warner?

12/31/2008 7:33:00 AM

CC is the only good channel mentioned in there...

12/31/2008 7:38:07 AM

my daughter loves noggin

wont they think of the children!!!!!!!!!!1

12/31/2008 7:47:58 AM

isn't time warner raising their monthly prices anyway this month by about 3-5 dollars per package? WTF? how are you gonna do that and then try to say that you are looking out for the customer by "holding your ground" and not succumbing to a <50cent increase

12/31/2008 7:56:49 AM

these kind of threats happen all the time

12/31/2008 8:14:13 AM

I just hope they don't drop NFL Network



oh wait

12/31/2008 8:14:51 AM

WHAT'S NFL NETWORK??

12/31/2008 8:17:17 AM

The only channel I care about in this deal is comedy central. I wish they'd just let us pay for the channels we want. I only watch like 8 channels out of the 100s in the digital package.

12/31/2008 8:18:26 AM

a la carte cable would be nice.

12/31/2008 8:18:53 AM

but then they wouldn't get all the money they want.

12/31/2008 8:19:46 AM

if anyone wants to switch to DirecTV let me know. If you use me as a referral we both get a $50 credit.

12/31/2008 8:19:49 AM

twc says no channels will be lost and the banner or whatever it is will be going away in the next hour or so.

12/31/2008 8:21:10 AM

not being able to get direct tv is one of the bummers of living in a house on the national historic registry

12/31/2008 8:23:17 AM

wow TWC expects everyone to believe they have a problem with raising people's bills 25 cents?

12/31/2008 8:54:58 AM

I honestly wouldn't care about losing any of those channels.

12/31/2008 8:58:07 AM

Quote :

"The only channel I care about in this deal is comedy central. I wish they'd just let us pay for the channels we want. I only watch like 8 channels out of the 100s in the digital package."

12/31/2008 10:25:09 AM

ttt

I'm Big Business and i approved this message.

12/31/2008 12:36:40 PM

When AT&T U-Verse gets to the triangle, TWC will be out of business. They got a better lineup at a much cheaper rate. The NFL Network is on there for those interested.

https://uverse1.att.com/un/lsloadLandingPageAction.do

12/31/2008 12:38:15 PM

I can't wait for uverse

12/31/2008 12:41:40 PM

I can't wait for uverse

12/31/2008 1:01:36 PM

wtffff


mtv and vh1 are the only channels I watch


and I just got notice that my cable bill is going up like 15 bucks a month.

Fuck that.


I will cancel that shit if they fuck this up.

12/31/2008 1:04:28 PM

Is U-Verse better than Fios?

12/31/2008 1:06:57 PM

It's not really an "is better than" type deal.

Chances are you can only get one or the other.

12/31/2008 1:07:51 PM

i don't know if anyone in this thread knows this or not but here's a bit of insider information...


















TWC isn't going anywhere, their service isn't just limited to RDU and U-VERSE or you canceling with TWC isn't going to have any impact at all. Save your bitching and buy AppleTV.

12/31/2008 1:10:19 PM

Quote :

"TWC isn't going anywhere, their service isn't just limited to RDU and U-VERSE or you canceling with TWC isn't going to have any impact at all"

12/31/2008 1:12:13 PM

I won't be canceling to make a point or anything, I have worked for enough large corporations to know that they won't give a fuck.


It just would be pointless to pay as much as I am for something I would hardly use.

12/31/2008 1:12:34 PM

Quote :

"But it sounds like your anger needs to be directed at Viacom in this situation Quote : "Viacom has asked for fee increases of between 22 and 36 percent per channel""

if these people are willing to change their service to keep the channels being listed, then it sounds like viacom has a right to demand an increase

do they need 22-36%, probably not - those could just be a negotiation starting point

12/31/2008 1:14:17 PM

Quote :

"a la carte cable would be nice."

I can count on my hand the channels i watch 90% of the time.

FOX
NBC
CNBC
History Channel
ESPN

sometimes i'll throw on spike or mtv

12/31/2008 1:34:01 PM

have they made a deal yet?

[Edited on December 31, 2008 at 5:38 PM. Reason : with an l]

12/31/2008 5:37:40 PM

set em up

12/31/2008 5:40:20 PM