Time Warner Cable Reaches Deal with Viacom - ABDC and Dora the Explorer are safe!

At 12:30 AM on January 1, 2009 Time Warner Cable and Bright House (a TWC programming partner) reached an agreement with Viacom. This means that MTV, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon, and 16 other Viacom channels will remain available to the 15 million cable subscribers using those services.

From Associated Press: 'We are pleased that our customers will continue to be able to watch the customers will continue to be able to watch the programming they enjoy on MTV Networks,'' said Glenn Britt, president and CEO of Time Warner Cable Inc. ''We are sorry they had to endure a day of public disagreement as we worked through this negotiation.''Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Details must still be finalized over the next few days, the companies said."

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