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# Time Warner Cable Cuts CBS from Lineup

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_Published 2013-08-05. Time Warner Cable plucks CBS from the lineup after the two companies were unable to reach an agreement on how much CBS should charge for Warner to broadcast its programming._


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## Transcript

The message from Time Warner Cable to CBS is clear, but it's subscribers who aren't getting the picture. The cable provider failing to reach an agreement with CBS over the fees to rebroadcast it's programming, implementing a blackout of all CBS owned channels on Friday afternoon. All the Showtime channels you chose and paid for, gone. In a letter to viewers, Time Warner Cable called CBS' demands outrageous and the actions taken crucial. Last night, popular shows like 60 Minutes on the CBS Network, Dexter and Ray Donovan on Showtime, off the air for Time Warner cable customers. Will shows like The Late Show, and Under the Dome be back on tonight?

Time Warner Cable definitely risks losing subscribers, by having this blackout go on for days and days. All weekend, call centers were overwhelmed. In some cases, Time Warner Cable will probably give some angry customers some discounts. It wouldn't hurt to call. Time Warner Cable is even suggesting subscribers go back to the days of antennas or subscribe to a service like Arrow, which streams live broadcast online for eight dollars a month. But that option adds more fuel to the fire. CBS is trying to sue Aerial out of existence, but right now it's losing in the courts in New York. And it says if it continues to lose in the courts, it may take CBS off the broadcast airwaves entirely.

It may convert CBS into a cable channel. The broadcast networks are at a disadvantage when they allow their signals to be broadcast for free when they are trying to get higher and higher fees for programming.

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