I would like to say what I really think about what they did, but it is unpublishable...so expletive deleted...

I would like to say what I really think about what they did, but it is unpublishable...so expletive deleted...

Let also add the crappy scroll they had running through their channels. Maybe they can reimburse all the non Timw Warner cables companies for the amount of calls that they received from customers wondering if they were going to lose channels. Very poor taste on Viacom\'s part. Next time they pull that stunt, we will give our customer\'s their phone number to call and complain to them.

Let also add the crappy scroll they had running through their channels. Maybe they can reimburse all the non Timw Warner cables companies for the amount of calls that they received from customers wondering if they were going to lose channels.

Very poor taste on Viacom's part. Next time they pull that stunt, we will give our customer's their phone number to call and complain to them.

I also heard the radio ad on Jan 2 on a CBS owned radio station in LA. It was even more appaling that the ad suggested that people contact other providers (Dish, DirecTV, UVerse, FiOS) who \"care\" about their customers. If I were TWC I wouldn\'t accept Viacom\'s apology and instead sue them for the potential damage to their business (some customers might still leave TWC thinking the agreement fell through and they would lose the channels soon). Shame on Viacom for their underhanded tactics. They should have planned for the contingency of actually successfully negotiating a contract and provided alternate ads to fill the spots (such as thanking TWC for a successful negotation, thanking the customers for their patience, or even just a generic ad for the Viacom networks).

I also heard the radio ad on Jan 2 on a CBS owned radio station in LA.

It was even more appaling that the ad suggested that people contact other providers (Dish, DirecTV, UVerse, FiOS) who "care" about their customers. If I were TWC I wouldn't accept Viacom's apology and instead sue them for the potential damage to their business (some customers might still leave TWC thinking the agreement fell through and they would lose the channels soon).

Shame on Viacom for their underhanded tactics. They should have planned for the contingency of actually successfully negotiating a contract and provided alternate ads to fill the spots (such as thanking TWC for a successful negotation, thanking the customers for their patience, or even just a generic ad for the Viacom networks).

Viacom also had a running ad streaming during the Rush concert they broadcast that night on VH1. That amounted to 2.5 straight hours of advertising, crying about the bad cable companies... Also, I have to wonder how Rush would feel about their show being used to shill Viacom.

Viacom also had a running ad streaming during the Rush
concert they broadcast that night on VH1. That
amounted to 2.5 straight hours of advertising, crying
about the bad cable companies... Also, I have to
wonder how Rush would feel about their show being used
to shill Viacom.

They are just admitting to the ad\'s in newspapers, there were many more. They did a huge ad buy in affected markets on CBS radio stations. a 60 second spot using voices/spots from everything from the Colbert Report to Southpark or MTV shows. they dug deep in attacking Time Warner Cable for pulling the networks. Of course no mention of the steep rate increase Viacom was asking for. sorry Viacom, I don\'t buy your BS. i\'d rather have TWC say no to a rate increase than let you get away with it.

They are just admitting to the ad's in newspapers, there were many more.

They did a huge ad buy in affected markets on CBS radio stations. a 60 second spot using voices/spots from everything from the Colbert Report to Southpark or MTV shows.

they dug deep in attacking Time Warner Cable for pulling the networks. Of course no mention of the steep rate increase Viacom was asking for.

sorry Viacom, I don't buy your BS. i'd rather have TWC say no to a rate increase than let you get away with it.