Trevor Noah and Tyler Perry wade into fee dispute between Viacom and AT&T
by Meg James, Los Angeles Times
Mar 22, 2019
3 minutes
Viacom Inc. is locked in a high-stakes showdown with AT&T as the telecommunications giant weighs whether to drop Viacom's cable networks - including MTV, Comedy Central, VH1, BET and Nickelodeon - to save $1 billion a year in programming costs.
The two companies have been negotiating this week to try to hammer out a new carriage contract with a 9 p.m. PDT Friday deadline looming. Without a new agreement in place, or a short-term extension, AT&T would be forced to remove Viacom's
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