When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for one corporation to dissolve the bands of finance that have connected it with another, and to assume a martyred position in the public eye, it is pretty much a given that each corporation will start running ads telling everyone who will listen why the other sucks.
Viacom and DirecTV are having a spat. Viacom, parent company of Nickeoldeon, Comedy Central, MTV, VH1, TV Land and BET (among others), says DirecTV doesn't want to pay a reasonable rate increase after the end of a cushy seven-year contract; DirecTV says it's sick and tired of paying Viacom too much for channels nobody watches.
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