Viacom programming is no longer part of the...
Viacom programming is no longer part of the Cable One or Cedar Falls Utilities line-ups. Customers of neither company can access BET, Comedy Central and other channels as a result of their cable providers’ inability to reach carriage agreements with…
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Viacom. The programmer demanded an increase of more than 100 percent to carry all 15 of its channels, Cable One said in a news release Tuesday (http://bit.ly/ObY05x). Cedar Falls Utilities began offering replacement channels Tuesday, including Disney Junior, FXX and MeTV, it said in a news release (http://bit.ly/1omYyGu). The blackout affects some members of the National Cable Television Cooperative (CD April 1 p6). Viacom is continuing negotiations with some NCTC members, including Massillon Cable TV, MCTV President Robert Gessner said in a statement.