Viacom is threatening to pull MTV, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon and 16 other channels from Time Warner Cable if a new carriage-fee deal is not agreed on by the new year.
If realized, the move could shut off the channels to 13 million subscribers, said spokesman Alex Dudley, a vice president at Time Warner Cable, the nation's second-largest cable operator.
Viacom has asked for fee increases of 22 to 36 percent per channel, adding up to tens of millions of dollars per year, an amount that could increase customers' cable bills, Dudley said.
Viacom said in a statement that the increases would cost less than 25 cents a month per subscriber.
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Wednesday, 31 December 2008
Tuesday, 30 December 2008
NASA Columbia report
Feb. 1st 2003 was a day that shock the world when the out-of-controlled space shuttle Columbia re-entered the atmosphere breaking apart, and killing all seven crew.
A new NASA Columbia report released reveals that the seat restraints, space suits and helmets that were used by the crew did not work well enough to protect them – leading to “lethal trauma” the Columbia broke apart just 16 minutes before it was due to land in Florida.
The NASA Columbia report that consists of 400-pages though does not state that if the crew had been better equipped they would have survived.
The report does state, “The break-up of the crew module and the crew’s subsequent exposure to hypersonic entry conditions was not survivable by any currently existing capability.”
The 400-page report offers lessons for NASA as they build the newest spaceship, the six-person Orion vehicle. The ship is expected to make an orbital flight in 2015 and reach the moon five years later.
A new NASA Columbia report released reveals that the seat restraints, space suits and helmets that were used by the crew did not work well enough to protect them – leading to “lethal trauma” the Columbia broke apart just 16 minutes before it was due to land in Florida.
The NASA Columbia report that consists of 400-pages though does not state that if the crew had been better equipped they would have survived.
The report does state, “The break-up of the crew module and the crew’s subsequent exposure to hypersonic entry conditions was not survivable by any currently existing capability.”
The 400-page report offers lessons for NASA as they build the newest spaceship, the six-person Orion vehicle. The ship is expected to make an orbital flight in 2015 and reach the moon five years later.
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