Wednesday, December 31, 2008

SpongeBob Going Dark

From Yahoo Finance.

Isn't Time Warner in the Milwaukee area?
"AP
'Colbert,' 'SpongeBob' may go dark on Time Warner
Wednesday December 31, 6:52 am ET
By Ryan Nakashima, AP Business Writer
'Colbert,' 'SpongeBob' may be dropped from Time Warner Cable in fee dispute with Viacom

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- "SpongeBob SquarePants" may be getting squeezed off of Time Warner Cable.

Media giant Viacom Inc. said its Nickelodeon, MTV, Comedy Central and 16 other channels will go dark on Time Warner Cable Inc. at 12:01 a.m. Thursday if a new carriage fee deal is not agreed upon by then."
 'Colbert,' 'SpongeBob' may go dark on Time Warner: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance

3 comments:

Beer, Bicycles and the VRWC said...

Eh...big deal. I don't watch them anyway. I'd rather they didn't raise my cable bill. (Yes, Time-Warner serves the Milwaukee Area)

steveegg said...

And they did reach a midnight deal.

Paul - Berry Laker said...

Deek and Steve,thanks for your comments,glad you didn't lose MTV.

Happy New Year

Paul - Berry Laker