If a deal isn't reached by midnight tonight, millions of DirecTV customers will lose channels such as Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, and MTV. Roger Cheng Former Executive Editor / Head of News Roger ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Viacom and DirecTV fought a bruising bout over fees to a draw Friday and agreed to a long-term deal that ended a 10-day channel blackout. Their new deal restored MTV, Comedy Central ...

LOS ANGELES -- As Mike Sorrentino, of MTV's "Jersey Shore," would put it, DirecTV and Viacom have a situation here. DirecTV dropped more than a dozen cable networks owned by Viacom including MTV, ...

DirecTV and Viacom were in something of a spat, unable to reach a broadcast agreement. This resulted in channels such as MTV and Comedy Central disappearing from ...

The latest dispute between a programmer and pay TV operator went right up to the midnight wire — and then straight over the cliff as 26 Viacom channels went dark on DirecTV. And, as usual, no matter ...

They’ve been negotiating a multi-billion-dollar deal for some of the most widely viewed channels in the cable universe. But according to DirecTV, the sticking point in its ongoing carriage impasse ...

DirecTV and Viacom have agreed on a carriage renewal pact covering a raft of Viacom’s cable channels after a marathon negotiation over the weekend. In a joint statement early Monday, the companies ...

DirecTV (DTV) Chief Executive Officer Mike White said talks are continuing with Viacom (VIAB) Inc., even as the two sides remain “pretty far apart” in a dispute over programming fees. “We’re happy to ...

This morning’s end to the 10-day standoff between DirecTV and Viacom isn’t just notable for putting some of the most widely viewed TV channels back on one of the biggest pay TV services. It also marks ...

A team of Viacom executives led by Tom Gorke, exec VP and head of distribution and business development, have been parked in DirecTV’s El Segundo headquarters since Wednesday. The companies are ...