DirecTV

• DirecTV and Viacom continue to be embroiled in a nasty fight over carriage fees, with consumers still unable to view networks like MTV, Nickelodeon, or Comedy Central after several days.
(TechCrunch)
• AMC, which hasn't been carried on Dish Network since the end of June, announced Thursday it would offer Dish subscribers the chance to stream the fifth season debut of "Breaking Bad" for free this Sunday.
(Washington Post)
• DirecTVs 20 million customers, following the loss of Nickelodeon kids' programming because of the satellite-TV provider's dispute with Viacom Inc., will begin receiving the 24-hour Disney Junior channel Saturday.
(Newsday)
• Up to 20 million Americans have lost their fixes of Snooki, South Park, Spongebob Squarepants and the Colbert Report as the DirecTV satellite provider pulled 26 channels owned by the media giant Viacom.
(The Guardian)
• Forget DirecTV -- Viacom has another foe on its hands after getting pulled from the satellite providers service on Tuesday. Public Knowledge, a Washington, D.C.
(MSN)
• The week that RuPaul's Drag U's current season premiered I had it saved on my tv for Autotune, had my computer open to make notes for the article I was going to write and when 9pm hit,….no Logo channel. I freaked out.
(Lez Get Real)
• July 11--As Mike Sorrentino, star of MTVs Jersey Shore, would put it, DirecTV and Viacom have a situation here.
(Businessweek)
• 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.
(The Christian Science Monitor)
• NEW YORK -- TV viewers are caught in the middle of a game of chicken between DirecTV and Viacom. Viacom wants an increase in what the satellite TV service pays to broadcast its channels such as BET, Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon, Spike and VH1.
(Indianapolis Star)
• NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- As one of the largest cable blackouts in the industrys history stretches into its fourth day, analysts say theyre not holding their breath for a quick resolution.
(CNN Money)