Rosie Larsen was finally able to rest in peace after The Killing's second season finale, and for a moment it seemed like the show had met its maker, too. AMC cancelled it, but Fox Television Studios decided to shop it around, and now we know who's in the market.
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 the first time in recent memory that a major pay TV licensing dispute ended on the distributor’s terms.
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 with Viacom is … wait for it … the fledgling pay channel Epix.
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The Daily Show's back after a lengthy break, and Jon Stewart welcomed back viewers--that is, except for the DirecTV subscribers that lost Comedy Central over a dispute between DirecTV and Comedy Central owner Viacom.
At midnight Tuesday, the latest dispute between a programmer and pay TV operator went right up to the wire — and then straight over the cliff as 26 Viacom channels went dark on DirecTV.
Critics say a pay TV business that regularly charges its customers $100 a month is doomed. So how about a cable bill that costs less than $40?
Today in movies and television: Bradley Cooper is your new U.N.C.L.E., Eminem's boxing movie is back on, and Ben Stiller tries his hand at horror.
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