The DirecTV/Viacom Negotiations have ended, but the result for the dispute is: No Deal.
Here's what happened:
On July 10, Viacom demanded DirecTV to remove their channels off the lineup, while negotiations continue.
July 17: DirecTV offers its' customers to watch Viacom's shows online for free, including Hulu. But Viacom took them down, affecting not only DirecTV subscribers, but online viewers as well.
July 18 (today): Viacom offered EPiX as an addition to the negotiations, but DirecTV refused saying it would add additional fees, making its' subscribers pay more. Viacom turned away, thus ending the negotiations quoting in their blog that there's "no intention of (for DirecTV) working with us to expedite a resolution." They also used cable providers (including Comcast) on a radio ad to tell DirecTV subscribers to switch services. DirecTV said they are willing and welcome Viacom to come back to the negotiating table and settle this dispute, but not this time.
If you are DirecTV subscriber, do not switch providers, because Viacom wants you to pay more if you do. There's a lot of things you can do, you still have Disney and Cartoon Network. You should be glad DirecTV brought Disney Junior for your youngsters. In fact, there's a big world out there that needs to be explored, go out and do something, read a book. If you have Netflix, go watch it.
DirecTV tried their best to keep the channels, but we can't afford to pay more for Viacom's content, and they are protecting the consumer.
BOYCOTT VIACOM.
UPDATE: Agteement Reached. Apparently EPiX was not included as we can't afford to pay.
Thank you DirecTV subscribers for battling this fight.
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