My significant other, (let's call her "Cindy" for short), and I dumped Charter for DirecTV on Saturday. Unknown to me, Viacom was asking for a 30% rate hike; DirecTV balked. Today, all the Viacom channels (Nickelodeon, Spike, MTV, Comedy Central...) are gone from DirecTV.
Thoughts: 1) I'm not sure I'll miss Viacom. Not that watching reruns of the roasts of Pam Anderson, Larry the Cable Guy, and Flavor Flav aren't intellectually invigorating, but who watches Spike or MTV? 2) This strikes me as a classic game of Chicken. The winner of these games usually is the one who acts the craziest or most stubborn. Since Viacom has played this game before and won, my money is on Viacom.
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