On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 2:29 AM, Thomas Allen Heald <[email protected]>wrote:

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> Joe Coughlin wrote:
> >
> > Comedy Central; CMT: Pure Country; Logo; Palladia; MTV; MTV 2; MTV
> > Hits; MTV Jams; MTV Tr3s; Nickelodeon; Noggin; Nick 2; Nicktoons;
> > Spike; The N; TV Land; Vh1; Vh1 Classic; Vh1 Soul will be off TWC at
> > 12:01AM unless the two companies can come to a carriage agreement.
> > --
>
> Carriage agreements are being argued all over. Dish dropped Young
> stations earlier in the month. The digital transition is making things
> interesting changing the value of OTA stations on satellite providers as
> well.
>
>
> I'd also argue that ubiquitous availability on the internet has devalued
the linear channels themselves. Why watch Jon Stewart "live" at 11 for pay
when you can watch him the next day with fewer commercials for "free"?


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> >
>


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