The Weather Channel's Plea to Waive DIRECTV's Cancellation Fee

imagesAfter DIRECTV recently dropped The Weather Channel from its lineup, many of the television provider’s customers went to switch service, only to be faced with cancellation fees ranging from $200 – 400. Yesterday, The Weather Channel ran full-page ads in The Washington PostThe New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the LA Times that featured an open letter to DIRECTV’s Board from The Weather Channel’s Chairman and CEO, David Kenny, asking them to waive fees for customers looking to switch.

To date, more than 115,000 DIRECTV subscribers have pledged to switch their provider, more than 750,000 have complained about the dropped channel, and 4.7

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