> On Dec 23, 2015, at 7:35 PM, Mark Jeffries <spotligh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > And if Moonves takes over Viacom, goodbye Epix, the premium channel that most > of the big MSOs won't carry and only has a chance from streaming (but doesn't > have that original scripted programming because it doesn't have the > subscribers) and hello to Paramount and Lioinsgate movies back on Showtime > (unless John Malone, owner of Starz, buys Lionsgate).
Not sure what you're counting as "big MSOs," but it's on Time Warner Cable, Cox, Charter, Dish Network, FiOS, and AT&T U-verse; it's not on Comcast, Cablevision, or DirecTV, so by my count, it's carried by a majority. They do have two scripted shows in the works for fall 2016: "Graves" and "Berlin Station." And could you go into more detail about your assertion that a Les Moonves-led Viacom would shut down the channel -- with the infrastructure, programming contracts, and carriage agreements in place for Epix, why would they not keep it as a separate service from Showtime and, among other things, get extra subscriber fees? -- Jim Ellwanger <train...@ellwanger.tv> <http://www.ellwanger.tv> -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
