Time Warner may drop MTV, VH1
‘Time Warner Cable subscribers may wind up starting the new year without MTV, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, VH1 and other Viacom-owned cablers on their channel lineup.
Viacom late Tuesday issued a lengthy statement warning that channels may be dropped as of 12:01 a.m. Thursday because of a contract wrangle with Time Warner Cable, the nation’s second-largest cable operator. Time Warner Cable serves 14.7 million subscribers in major markets including New York and Los Angeles.
A Time Warner Cable spokeswoman said the two companies were continuing to negotiate and that Viacom had refused to grant an extension that would prevent the channels from going dark on New Year’s Day.’
