Millions of cable TV viewers may be screaming "I want my MTV" tomorrow.
If Viacom is unable to come to an agreement over carriage fees with Time Warner, the country's second largest cable operator, Nickelodeon, MTV, Comedy Central, CMT, and 15 other channels will be turned off for nearly 13 million subscribers at 12:01 am on Thursday.
Basically, Viacom has asked for more money from Time Warner to carry the channels, about 22 to 36 percent more per channel. The higher cost would then be passed along to subscribers, equating to roughly 23 cents more per month. Time Warner doesn't believe the increase is justified due to sagging network ratings; however, Viacom feels their channels are undervalued by Time Warner.
The channels affected would be Comedy Central, CMT: Pure Country, Logo, Palladia, MTV, MTV 2, MTV Hits, MTV Jams, MTV Tr3s, Nickelodeon, Noggin, Nick 2, Nicktoons, Spike, The N, TV Land, VH1, VH1 Classic, and VH1 Soul.
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