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Verizon Fios Drops Bloomberg 1

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Verizon Fios announced today that it is dropping the financial news channel Bloomberg from its lineup, effective Wednesday. In a note to customers, Verizon said that Bloomberg wanted to be paid for its channel, known in the industry as a carriage fee, and Verizon objected to that. Bloomberg provides its […]

FiOS Drops The Weather Channel, Replaces It With AccuWeather

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Verizon’s FiOS television service has dropped The Weather Channel. There was no contract dispute, but The Weather Channel says that the two were negotiating terms of a new contract. The Weather Channel is partly owned by NBC Universal, which is in turn owned by Comcast. Comcast is one of Verizon’s […]