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[cleolinda]

Hey! It's a genuine full-service linkspam!

First, because this is important: ‘Phantom of the Opera’ sequel due in 2009. OH HALE NO.

UNHAPPY NEW YEAR! Time Warner Cable To Yank MTV, Nickelodeon & Comedy Central Off The Air In NY, LA, Everywhere:As a result, we are sorry to say that for Time Warner Cable customers our networks will go dark as of 12

Comments

[rainbowdarling]

Er. As an employee of the dreaded TWC (yeah, I'm not proud), I'm pretty sure that if it were going off everywhere I'd have been informed by now so that we could be prepared for the onslaught of unhappy that would inevitably pour through the doors... I'm not saying it's not happening it all, but to claim it's happening in all markets seems a bit overreaching.

I dunno. I think people make far too big a deal over television anyway.

(Please don't flame me. I only work there.)

[hippydippymama]

Hey, I canceled my cable two months ago because I'm flat-ass broke, so I don't wanna hear about it either. =P

[rainbowdarling]

I could see there being not much warning, but it being the day after tomorrow, and apparently already hitting other information sources, I'm sure we would've found out today and nothing came through about it. I'm just hesitant to see people flip out over something that could potentially resolve itself or at least be extended tomorrow. We've had a lot of that going on with local news affiliates lately anyway, so I wouldn't have been the least bit surprised to see other channels going the way of the dodo.

[dragonsblog]

TWC doesn't seem to be saying anything, but Viacom has a statement on their website, which is quoted in the link. It's not clear, I can't tell if Raleigh, Orange County, LA, and NY are the only ones that are losing the networks, or are the only ones facing increases, too. (Guess where I live...) I'm so confused... But it seems to be valid, at least.