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Time Warner Cable Customers: Say Good Bye to Nick, MTV and Comedy Central

Duncan Riley — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 04:53:08 +0000

A break down in negotiations between Viacom and Time Warner Cable will mean customers on Time Warner’s cable network, the second largest in the United States, will no longer be able to view Viacom channels from January 1.

Channels to go from Time Warner include (not everyone has all these to start with) Comedy Central, Logo, BET, Spike, TV Land, Nick at Nite, Nickelodeon, Noggin, The N, Nick Jr., TEENick, MTV, VH1, MTV2, CMT and Palladia.

Viacom claims it has been trying to negotiate a fair renewal of its cable channels for months, but claims Time Warner Cable has been unresponsive and unreasonable. Time Warner claims Viacom is asking for exorbitant increases in carriage fees which would have to be passed along to the customer, reports the Huffington Post.

Who ever is to blame, the net result is the same: if you’re on Time Warner Cable, no Viacom content for you from midnight, January 1, reportedly EST so 9pm December 31 on the West Coast. Around 12.3 million customers will be affected by the dispute.

Viacom though isn’t going out without a scene, running the following ad across its entire network to Time Warner customers.

Meebo Gets Set For Comedy Central Integration

JR — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:23:52 +0000

Web-based messaging platform Meebo has scored a big deal for election night. The company has signed on with Comedy Central to provide embedded chat rooms on its indecision2008.com site for use by the network next Tuesday.

The rooms will host “live user commentary” during the election and the days that follow. Comedy Central will then utilize some of those comments within its on-air coverage. On-air promotion is expected to begin on November 4.

Comedy Central sees Election Day as no laughing matter The cable network already has bloggers on tap to discuss all the day’s news, including comedian Patton Oswalt, who’ll live blog starting at 7:30 p.m.

Meebo isn’t getting paid for the service, CNET reports — at least, not directly. Its advertising-based model will no doubt see a serious jump in impressions for the night. Certainly the company is also hoping some users will impressed enough with the chat rooms to find future external uses for the service.

It’s not the first time Meebo has turned to partner power to build its business, either. Just a couple of weeks ago, Meebo announced deals to use its messaging service on a host of third-party sites, such as Flixster, Bleacher Report, and Nickelodeon/MTVN Kids.

Meebo claims 40 million customers and 5 billion messages a month over its messaging platform. The company is based in Silicon Valley and has been around since 2005.

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Comedy Central Launches ColbertNation.com, the Home of the True Maverick

Dominic Rivera — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:31:04 +0000

If you think John McCain is the true maverick, think again as Comedy Central joins forces with The Colbert Report in launching ColbertNation.com.

The new ColbertNation.com is the hub for all things Stephen Colbert featuring links to every Colbert related gossip online. It is the best place to stay up-to-date on all the latest news and buzz about the show. On the home page, users can find information about upcoming guests, special events and on-air stunts like the “Green Screen Challenges.” The homepage also includes an area called “State of the Nation” which not only reflects site activity like the most recently posted videos, but gives users updates on everything happening in Colbert’s world on and off the show.

“I’m thrilled with our new web site. I only wish John McCain knew how to get there,” Colbert said.

Colbert must be out of touch with technology news. He was obviously not informed that John McCain helped in creating the miracle called Blackberry.