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Echostar/Dish Network Pulls Viacom Channels
RedWolves2 writes "As was mentioned yesterday, Viacom was trying to warn Dish Network customers over the weekend that its channels were going to be pulled from their service. Well today those channels were finally pulled. 'EchoStar Communications Corp. on Tuesday pulled from service 16 of Viacom's local CBS stations and 10 of its national channels after the companies failed to agree on contract terms and prices.' Echostar will provide a $1 monthly credit to customers who lose programming while the channels are unavailable. Sorry but $1 a month is not exactly a fair trade off. DirecTV sounds like a great choice."
Seriously, having the channels pulled is bad enough (I mean, REALLY bad)... but getting re-imbursed 1 friggin dollar for the hassle? That's insane!
Don't get me wrong, my hole is permanently soar from the monthly raping I get from the local cable company (they're a monopoly in this area, sans satellite and broadcast). But if this kind of assinine bull happened, I'd pull the plug and turn to books and the eventual DVD release of my favorite shows.
You must be new here. Viacom is evil, but CBS and Comedy Central are cool when the put on shows we like to watch.
The fact that Viacom, CBS and Comedy Central are all the same entity is something that is very confusing to the average Slashdot poster...