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Who Will Blink First in Viacom vs. DirecTV Battle?

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    FBN’s Dennis Kneale on the ongoing battle between Viacom and DirecTV.

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Can't refinance this had happened and I -- standoff continues 181 of the biggest pay TV distributors in US and cable company that does won't back down.

DirecTV and Viacom seem no closer to a resolution in their dispute Disney has been covering the story all week long.

It's not I'm surprised -- -- -- jump to -- -- at this point you know in the old days used to work this out in private but now when -- Each company has its own website they can just fire missiles at each -- -- this feud is.

Is setting an all time record for bitterness and vitriol and -- and incited yet these two giants though they need each other okay DirecTV which is twenty million homes is the second largest.

Carrier -- DirecTV says Barak problems -- breaking the channels.

Viacom says no direct TV drop the channels.

Most times these Basilan -- on private but now look at what they're doing the damage each other DirecTV web -- this morning -- a statement quote.

You may have heard that Viacom is trying to upset customers with some very loud rhetoric about negotiations bringing down their statement intended for dramatic effect -- Is completely false and -- look at Viacom counter -- -- a liar basically direct TV's most recent press release.

Is one more can be complete work of fiction for the company and sharp contrast to the public -- is now clear DirecTV has no intention of working with -- to expedite -- solution I keep wondering who's gonna blink here I'm shocked that -- let this go this far.

But what really ripped it open is Viacom started tells customers know what.

-- let's switch carriers and they ran -- They're telling -- dump DirecTV and that DirecTV so injured by that the other -- -- -- said it is it Viacom has Dora the Explorer.

And other on screen character is basically on its side and in -- them did like Google ads that use faces from those care yes it's a really great little.

I gotta tell you an as a mother when I had my my kids are really little -- I lost Dora.

Or any of those shows I was -- carries instantaneously.

One weird thing use that we blamed the carrier the local cable company of the guidance in the hells angels to your house to fix the cable -- -- -- yeah.

Yeah but a lot of survey was coming up on the change -- order from viewers saying we blame Viacom for requesting extra money to have.

Asking for six pennies per person per month.

A much -- -- -- Entirely in my house well worth it right well yeah yeah keeps -- yeah.

They're different killing each other and yeah yeah bad both sides would better during the hells angels coming over the fiction -- -- not for Dora and none of the so.

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