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Time Warner blackout of CBS goes into 2nd day
AP via Yahoo ^ | August 3, 2013 | Tom Krisher

Posted on 08/03/2013 7:26:57 PM PDT by EveningStar

Time Warner Cable's blackout of CBS continued Saturday, and neither side indicated a resolution of their dispute over fees is imminent.

Time Warner dropped CBS Friday in New York, Los Angeles, Dallas and several other cities, leaving three million customers without the network's programs. The issue is fees that the cable company pays CBS to air its programs.

Each has accused the other of making unreasonable demands ...

The CBS stations that went dark are WCBS and WLNY in New York; KCBS and KCAL in Los Angeles; KTVT and KTXA in Dallas; WBZ and WSBK in Boston; KDKA, WPCW-CW in Pittsburgh; KCNC in Denver; WKBD-CW in Detroit and WBBM in Chicago.

About 2.5 million Time Warner Cable customers lost access to Showtime ...

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events; US: California; US: Colorado; US: Illinois; US: Massachusetts; US: Michigan; US: New York; US: Pennsylvania; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: blackout; cbs; showtime; timewarner; timewarnercable
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To: Ghost of SVR4

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21 posted on 08/03/2013 8:09:01 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I aim to raise a million plus for Gov. Palin. What'll you do?.)
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To: GeronL

Yep, Ronald Reagan!


22 posted on 08/03/2013 8:09:13 PM PDT by vladimir998
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To: Paladin2

Netflix. $8/mo. No ads.


23 posted on 08/03/2013 8:13:09 PM PDT by ctdonath2 (Making good people helpless doesn't make bad people harmless.)
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To: blueunicorn6

Bingo! See no BS here.


24 posted on 08/03/2013 8:13:17 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

India’s business television channel.... in english?

http://profit.ndtv.com/videos/livetv


25 posted on 08/03/2013 8:17:52 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: EveningStar

isnt the use of the word..BLACK OUT just a BIT Inappropriate??

did I say BIT...oh Heavens that would be Black Infotainment Televsion wouldnt it!

Perhaps TIme Warner had BEST prepare an APOLOGY to Jesse jackson BEFORE the matter comes up.


26 posted on 08/03/2013 8:38:55 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey (Fake BC Explained http://i41.tinypic.com/eqcn84.gif)
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To: EveningStar

I dropped cable a long time ago, couldn’t justify paying so much to watch the same commercials as on broadcast.


27 posted on 08/03/2013 8:50:27 PM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah, so shall it be again,")
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To: fella

So change providers. Dish, DirecTV, Verizon, also on-line services. TWC is a loser in this fight since its not the only game in town.


28 posted on 08/03/2013 9:15:21 PM PDT by rstrahan
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To: rstrahan

If you have another provider, like DirectTV, but your internet provider is TW, CBS is blocking their web site from you. DT is backing TW in this. I believe they went through something similar last year. Guess we will see what happens.


29 posted on 08/03/2013 9:34:22 PM PDT by ozaukeemom (Is there even a republic left?)
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To: EveningStar

I am NOT happy about missing Dexter this Sunday!!! :o(


30 posted on 08/03/2013 11:20:12 PM PDT by boatbums (God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life wholly yielded to Him.)
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To: EveningStar
and WBBM in Chicago.

WBBM in Chicago is still on the air?! WHO KNEW!!

31 posted on 08/03/2013 11:23:16 PM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: rstrahan
So change providers. Dish, DirecTV, Verizon, also on-line services. TWC is a loser in this fight since its not the only game in town.

Or just do what I did last August and put up an over-the-air antenna and get all the HD/Digital local stations FOR FREE. CBS is still and over-the-air station - you don't need Satellite (DirecTV) or cable (Comcrap) to receive it!

I have Hulu Plus and NetFlix to complement my FREE Over-The-Air TV and now spend $18/Mo. for movies and other entertainment via Roku and DUMPED my $100 plus DirecTV bill.

BTW: The picture quality of over-the-air HD TV far and away surpasses DirecTV and ComCrap's compressed digital signals.

Dumped DirecTV and haven't looked back. Never again will I pay for Cable/Satellite TV. F'em.

32 posted on 08/03/2013 11:27:08 PM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: EveningStar

Neat, A media circular firing squad!


33 posted on 08/03/2013 11:49:23 PM PDT by Axenolith (Government blows, and that which governs least, blows least...)
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To: EveningStar

I am no fan of CBS but cable has become too big for its britches. The time for a la carte t.v. has arrived.


34 posted on 08/04/2013 3:01:02 AM PDT by AdaGray (Primary Them All)
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To: EveningStar

I bet most won’t notice CBS is missing from the lineup. I looked here at what I would miss ...surprised to find I wouldn’t miss anything. There is not one show I watch regularly. If the Movie Channel is part if the blackout, the I would miss that.


35 posted on 08/04/2013 4:51:48 AM PDT by ThePatriotsFlag ( EVERY DIME Obama Spends is given to him by the Republicans in the House.)
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To: EveningStar

Where is Obama on this surely he will get involved and nationalize time Warner.


36 posted on 08/04/2013 8:00:27 AM PDT by ncfool (Obama's aMeriKa 2012 The land of entitlement for the 51% crowd.)
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To: ThePatriotsFlag

I’m most angry about losing Dexter with 7 episodes left. The only other channel I miss is the Smithsonian channel which has good shows on it.


37 posted on 08/08/2013 4:58:05 PM PDT by I Drive Too Fast
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