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Disney Junior Will Launch Saturday, July 14 to Millions of DIRECTV Customers Nationwide DIRECTV and Disney have reached a new agreement to add Disney Junior, a 24-hour channel expressly for kids age 2-7 and their parents/caregivers, to DIRECTV's programming lineup beginning tomorrow on channel 289. DirecTV picks up Disney Junior after dumping Nickelodeon LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Bye-bye, Dora the Explorer; hello, Doc McStuffins. DirecTV has added the Disney Junior channel to its lineup, the company said Friday, in what appears to be a move to replace Nickelodeon, which it lost earlier this week due to its pricing dispute with Viacom. Disney Junior, home to such kids' fare as "Jake and the Never Land Pirates," "Doc McStuffins" and "Mickey ... Can you call DirecTV now for deals? Several DirecTV customers are reporting on online forums that they were able to get up to $10 per month knocked off their bills because they threatened to leave the satellite TV company over the fact that Viacom programming is no longer available for DirecTV customers. Viacom and DirecTV continue to spar DirecTV subscribers looking to plop the kids in front of the TV to watch Nickelodeon this weekend will likely have to use Netflix instead. Although talks between the satellite broadcaster and Viacom Inc. Biggest loser in DirecTV-Viacom feud? Both A war of words is raging between Viacom and DirecTV, after the satellite firm dropped 26 of the cable company's channels from its lineup late Tuesday night. DirecTV adds Disney Jr channel amid Nickelodeon, MTV blackout (Reuters) - DirecTV Group, the largest U.S. satellite TV provider, said it would add the Disney Junior channel for younger children, even as the blackout of Viacom Inc-owned channels including Nickelodeon and Nick Jr continues for a third day. The addition of the new channel from Walt Disney Co had been in the works for a while, said a person familiar with the matter, but was brought forward as ... DirecTV adds Disney Jr. channel DirecTV's 20 million customers, following the loss of Nickelodeon kids' programming because of the satellite-TV provider's dispute with Viacom, will start receiving the 24-hour Disney Junior channel today. Disney Junior, created by Walt Disney to target viewers ages 2 to 7, will be permanently added to DirecTV's... Viacom yanks free online programming; dispute continues with DirecTV As the dispute between Viacom and DirecTV continued Wednesday, the conglomerate yanked access to some of its more popular programming that was available free on company websites. Fans can no longer watch full episodes of shows like "SpongeBob Squarepants" and "iCarly" or "Jersey Shore" and "The Daily Show," which is sure to further anger the 20 million DirecTV subscribers who continue to find a ... Biggest loser in DirecTV-Viacom feud? Both. (+video) The standoff between DirecTV and Viacom risks accelerating the move away from television to iPads and smart phones – and the expectation of access to content anywhere, anytime. Viacom and DirecTV Are Both Right, But DirecTV Is Righter The fee dispute between Viacom and DirecTV that has seen the satellite service's 20 million subscribers lose access to MTV, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central and other channels has the makings of a long standoff, one in which each side, convinced of the justice of its case, refuses to yield. It probably won't work out that way, though, and that's too bad -- not just for those of us who love a good ...
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