Viacom Drop Costs Cable Operator Few Subscribers

Wall Street Journal: Cable operator Suddenlink said it lost just 2% to 2.5% of its video-subscriber base as a direct result of dropping Viacom networks such as Nickelodeon, Comedy Central and MTV. Suddenlink refused to pay the carriage prices Viacom sought for its TV channels. Said Suddenlink CEO Jerry Kent: “Obviously it was the right business decision.”