Mediagazer: Time Warner Cable and DirecTV support Cablevison in Viacom fight (Joe Flint/Los Angeles Times)

1:25 AM ET, February 27, 2013

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Joe Flint / Los Angeles Times:

Time Warner Cable and DirecTV support Cablevison in Viacom fight — Pay-TV distributors Time Warner Cable and DirecTV have come out in support of Cablevision Systems Corp.'s lawsuit against Viacom Inc. The battle is over how Viacom, parent of more than 20 cable channels including MTV and Nickelodeon …

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