No Deal: CBS Goes Dark On Time Warner Cable
Source: Deadline.com
BREAKING: CBS and Time Warner Cable negotiators failed to reach an agreement in their retransmission deal negotiations. This means that some 3M TWC customers in New York, Los Angeles, and Dallas will lose programming from their CBS-owned local stations, and all TWC subscribers will lose Showtime, TMC, FLIX, and Smithsonian. TWC customers who turn to CBS will see a graphic saying that “CBS has demanded an outrageous increase for programming that CBS delivers free over the air and online.” It tells viewers that they can use an antenna to see CBS, and “as a courtesy, we will provide replacement programming from Starz Kids and Family on a temporary basis beginning shortly.”
Separately, TWC says that “CBS has refused to have a productive discussion. It’s become clear that no matter how much time we give them, they’re not willing to come to reasonable terms.”
But CBS counters that the cable company “has conducted negotiations in a combative and non-productive spirit, indulging in pointless brinksmanship and distorted public positioning – such as the fictional and ridiculous 600% increase CBS supposedly demanded – while maintaining antiquated positions no longer held by any other programming distributor in the business.” The broadcaster adds it wants “fair compensation for the most-watched television network with the most popular content in the world. We will not accept less.”
Here’s CBS’ complete statement:
New York, N.Y. – August 2, 2013 – Effective 5:00 PM Eastern Time, Time Warner Cable has dropped CBS in New York City, Los Angeles, Dallas and several other markets. We deeply regret this ill-advised action, which is injurious not only to our many affected viewers, but also to Time Warner Cable itself. Throughout this process, Time Warner Cable has conducted negotiations in a combative and non-productive spirit, indulging in pointless brinksmanship and distorted public positioning – such as the fictional and ridiculous 600% increase CBS supposedly demanded – while maintaining antiquated positions no longer held by any other programming distributor in the business. CBS, for its part, is eager to make an agreement in line with the kind it has struck with every other cable, satellite and telco provider, and has continually sought reasonable term extensions to get that job done. This is the first time in its history that CBS has been dropped from a cable system. Time Warner Cable, on the other hand, has a long history of taking channels off the air – more than 50 in the last five years alone. It has also chosen to drop Showtime, which is owned by CBS, a move that is completely unnecessary and totally punitive to its subscribers.
Read more: http://www.deadline.com/2013/08/no-deal-cbs-goes-dark-on-time-warner-cable/
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I went to watch a show on it yesterday and couldn't find it in my channel lineup!!!
That's one way. 
I have 3 of them, they mount on the wall or sit on a tabletop and I have better reception than I did with an expensive outdoor antenna. I cannot recommend them enough.
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Sitting on a couch like a bump on a log, sucking up the soma, is no way to liberate your soul.
no longer receive... 
Note to FCC: This is the kind of crap consumers are force fed when the media gets too consolidated. No choice, no variety, high prices, lousy service.
Thanks, FCC. 
In 1992, giving in to the lobbying efforts of the broadcasters (led at the time by CBS), Congress amended the Communications Act to give broadcasters a win-win choice. They could assert a right to free mandatory carriage on local cable systems ("must carry" or they could elect "retransmission consent", in which case the broadcaster could demand payment in return for giving the cable operator its permission to carry the station's signal. The weaker stations (independent stations, home shopping stations, religious broadcasters) typically opt for must carry (unless they are co-owned with a major network affiliate). The major networks opt for retransmission consent.
Over the past few years, the broadcasters have escalated their demands for cash payments for carriage, going from an industry total of $215 million in 2006 to over $2.4 billion in 2012. Les Moonves, the head of CBS has publicly stated that "the sky's the limit" in terms of what CBS and other broadcasters can demand. Their goal is to get around $4 or $5 per subscriber per month. Remember, the broadcasters get access to the public airwaves for free. It's a license to print money granted to them by Congress.
