Following a week approximately of progressively contentious discussions Viacom and DirecTV have started to some kind of agreement, coming back the missing channels to satellite television customers by... now. Naturally, both sides is adhering to the guns, as well as having a long-term deal inked they still disagree on the amount of channels involved.
Who won The precise financial amounts haven't been revealed, but you should check out the dueling press announcements following the break. The contested Epix package is definitely an option (although not essential) for DirecTV, as the satellite broadcaster is happily adding use of Viacom content on mobiles, Computers and "other media products" as part of its DirecTV Everywhere service. Because of support using their company pay TV companies, DirecTV takes the greater aggressive position, but we'll wait for a inevitable "people capable of know" to chime along with some money figures before calling a victor.
Update: Not surprisingly, Bloomberg reviews "individuals with direct understanding" claim the brand new agreement is yet another seven year contract listed at a lot more than $600 million each year, about 20 % a lot more than what Viacom was getting before. A minumum of one analyst known as it victory for sides -- we'll observe how customers worked out if (when) there is a rate hike in the near future.
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