Time Warner’s TWCable TV app has been forced to drop several channels after some programmers demanded it do so. The app allows Time Warner subscribers to watch TV shows on their iPads without paying any additional fees, and that “no additional fees” part is apparently what some programmers weren’t okay with.
Time Warner’s email to customers detailing the change is full of some great zingers against the programmers who forced this change upon it, and we’ve reprinted some of them on the next page. Meanwhile, the following channels have been removed from Time Warner’s app:
- Discovery channels: Animal Planet, Discovery, TLC
- Fox channels: FX, National Geographic
- Viacom channels: BET, CMT, Comedy, MTV, Nickelodeon, Spike, VH1
Time Warner assures its customers that no other channels are expected to be dropped, and it’s working to add channels to replace those it’s been forced to remove.
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