Talk:Seddie/@comment-5439006-20120710180404

Have any of you heard about the Viacom battle with DIRECTV? http://www.theverge.com/2012/7/10/3148750/directv-losing-viacom-channels-negotiation I was going on Nick.com when all of a sudden a video popped up and it was about DIRECTV getting rid of like 24 networks like Nickelodeon, MTV, BET, and a lot more all networks owned by Viacom. It's because Viacom wants DIRECTV to pay 30% more than usual to keep their networks going on DIRECTV. I was reading a lot of the Q&A on DIRECTV's website http://www.directvpromise.com/faq/

This whole thing is really stupid and Viacom is the one at fault here, they are getting way too greedy and it's horrible. The bottom line is if you have DIRECTV by tonight all of Viacom's networks will be gone, so you won't be able to watch Nick, or a lot of other networks. Thank goodness iCarly isn't airing for a while because then you wouldn't be able to watch that, but still Victorious, Big Time Rush, Spongebob, and others will be gone. There is a number you can call, so I would go to nick.com and see if that video pops up for you like it did for me and then it'll say the number you can call. DIRECTV says they are trying to settle this as quickly as possible so that they can get all those channels back on their line-up. So hopefully it'll be cleared up soon. Of course if you don't have DIRECTV than this doesn't really apply to you (I have ATT U-Verse) but DIRECTV says switching networks doesn't help the cause because if Viacom gets their way they are going to go after other cable providers (Comcast, Dish Network, ATT U-Verse, etc.) I really hope they fix this, because my sister has DIRECTV at her house and I know they won't be happy that they're losing 24 or so channels.