What's going on with Showtime?

[luke1979]

I've been reading that they have been dropped along with CBS by their parent company Time Warner. Therefore what is the situation as far as all the up coming fight cards?
I just noticed no one on here is mentioning it, no articles either which is weird considering how much boxing Showtime has booked and in the works with Goldenboy.

Can anyone clarify the situation at present?

[racer59]

Time Warner is not the parent company. CBS owns Showtime.

There was a thread last week about this issue.

Time Warner Cable dropped CBS and thus Sho.

[Check_hooks]

CBS wanted TWC to pay a ridiculous amount per person for their channels which would lead to raising the cost of everyones cable bill for a channel thats already free over the air.

TWC dropped them and are looking at other networks to fill the slot. DirectTV has also said that CBS was being unreasonable and will probably drop them next.

[A-Wolf]

CBS wanted TWC to pay a ridiculous amount per person for their channels which would lead to raising the cost of everyones cable bill for a channel thats already free over the air.

TWC dropped them and are looking at other networks to fill the slot. DirectTV has also said that CBS was being unreasonable and will probably drop them next.

Interesting.

[luke1979]

So are they on or off the air? And what are the possible solutions moving forward.

[The Raw Dog]

Time Warner owns HBO and are paying higher retransmission fees to cable companies i.e HBO, but refuses to Pay CBS comparable fees even though CBS/Showtime has a larger viewership, and has shown an 8 million subscriber increase since 2005.

Don't let fanboys like Check Hooks dumb you down, he a Top Rank Pacquiao fence hopper trying to subvert the issue to fit his bias agenda.

Hey Check Hooks, why don't you explain to us why Time Magazine went out of print distribution shortly after naming Pacquiao man of the year, or why didn't Bob Arum put any fights on CBS, after you were blowing him for taking Manny over there to fight Mosley...

[Check_hooks]

Interesting.

Yes, not a good look for CBS

http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/4/4587846/directv-compares-time-warner-cbs-fight-to-under-the-dome

Time Warner owns HBO and are paying higher retransmission fees to cable companies i.e HBO, but refuses to Pay CBS comparable fees even though CBS/Showtime has a larger viewership, and has shown an 8 million subscriber increase since 2005.

Don't let fanboys like Check Hooks dumb you down, he a Top Rank Pacquiao fence hopper trying to subvert the issue to fit his bias agenda.

Hey Check Hooks, why don't you explain to us why Time Magazine went out of print distribution shortly after naming Pacquiao man of the year, or why didn't Bob Arum put any fights on CBS, after you were blowing him for taking Manny over there to fight Mosley...

Get some green k and stick to the topic

[Pete Nice]

What are the chances that this gets resolved soon?

[The Raw Dog]

Yes, not a good look for CBS

http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/4/4587846/directv-compares-time-warner-cbs-fight-to-under-the-dome

Get some green k and stick to the topic

Direct TV and Time Warner are entering into new a Partnership to buy HuLu 1st of all, and 2nd they already are in a partnership with the launch of TimeWarner Sports Net, so Direct TV is doing nothing more than protecting its business interests with Time Warner.

[The Raw Dog]

What are the chances that this gets resolved soon?

Make what you want from this...

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/02/bu...rise.html?_r=0