This morning’s end to the 10-day standoff between DirecTV and Viacom isn’t just notable for putting some of the most widely viewed TV channels back on one of the biggest pay TV services. It also marks ...

They’ve been negotiating a multi-billion-dollar deal for some of the most widely viewed channels in the cable universe. But according to DirecTV, the sticking point in its ongoing carriage impasse ...

DirecTV and Viacom played chicken, and the customer lost: Viacom just pulled the plug on as many as 26 DirecTV channels, including MTV, Comedy Central, Spike, VH1, and Nickelodeon. As usual, the loss ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Viacom and DirecTV fought a bruising bout over fees to a draw Friday and agreed to a long-term deal that ended a 10-day channel blackout. Their new deal restored MTV, Comedy Central ...

The latest dispute between a programmer and pay TV operator went right up to the midnight wire — and then straight over the cliff as 26 Viacom channels went dark on DirecTV. And, as usual, no matter ...

CNN - Across the nation, millions of DirecTV subscribers are waking up this morning to discover they no longer have access to some of their favorite channels. Starting just before midnight Tuesday ...

DirecTV and Viacom said they have settled a 10-day long dispute over 17 channels, such as MTV, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon among others, that were dropped from the satellite company line up -- over ...

BUENA PARK, Calif. -- Stas Andrzejewski doesn't understand why people pay for cable or satellite service. The 70-year-old Buena Park resident gets dozens of HD channels but doesn't pay anything for ...

The scuffle between DirecTV and Viacom to negotiate a new contract continued today with a new ad featuring the satellite provider's CEO Mike White addressing customers and (naturally) placing the ...

(Reuters) - Satellite TV provider DirecTV saw more U.S. subscribers than expected cancel in the quarter due to a programming dispute with Viacom that blacked out channels such as Nickelodeon and MTV ...