Viacom and AT&T Negotiate to Avert Major Programming Blackout

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Viacom and AT&T Negotiate to Avert Major Programming Blackout
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If Viacom and AT&T don’t reach a new programming deal, some 24 million subscribers would lose access to channels like MTV, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon

Viacom Inc. and AT&T Inc. were continuing negotiations to avert a programming blackout that would leave more than 24 million pay-TV customers without channels like MTV, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon, after their earlier contract expired at midnight Friday.

The negotiations are over carriage of Viacom’s networks on AT&T’s DirecTV, U-verse and WatchTV services. As of Sunday, Viacom’s channels were still on the air as the parties continued to talk.

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