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Time Warner Cable may not be in a rush to end the CBS blackout, but it’s not leaving subscribers out in the cold. The TV provider is now giving away a “limited quantity” of basic TV antennas in the Dallas, Green Bay, Los Angeles, Milwaukee and New York City regions. For those who don’t snag a free antenna, the company is also offering $20 in credit toward buying a unit at certain Best Buy stores in those same cities. These sorts of stopgap measures aren’t new, but they may provide some comfort to TWC viewers who aren’t likely to watch CBS channels through cable anytime soon.

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Via: Variety, The Verge

Source: TWC Conversations

Today marks the eighth day of CBS and Time Warner Cable’s ongoing feud over cash money. It’s annoying. It’s frustrating and damn it, the PGA Championship is going on and there’s a new episode of Ray Donovan this Sunday! Here’s how to get around the blackout if you’re in an affected market.

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Time Warner Cable CEO Glenn Britt today sent an open letter to CBS CEO Leslie Moonves today, expressing a desire to resume negotiations and end the current programming blackout. In the document, which was reportedly received by CBS executives at the same time it was sent to reporters, Britt proposes that TWC make the network’s stations available to consumers with an a-la-carte pricing model — the cable company will hand over the entire tariff to CBS. While the terms are being discussed, Britt expects CBS to give permission to resume broadcasts immediately, and to re-enable CBS.com access for TWC internet subscribers as well. The bizarre “open” nature of this letter makes it possible to conclude that today’s action was simply a public-relations ploy, giving the impressions that Time Warner is being generous by bringing this peace offering to the table. We imagine the situation is significantly more complex than this single-page letter would make it seem, however.

Update: CBS has provided a short response to the letter, calling a “sham” and an “empty gesture.” For the complete war of words, check out both the letter and response in full after the break.

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Source: Deadline, AP (Yahoo)

It seems unlikely that it’s the last time the country will be cut off from the internet given its past history, but Syria does now appear to be back online following a nationwide blackout that began yesterday afternoon. As the BBC reports, state-run media in the country had attributed the problem to a “fault in optical fibre cables,” but most have cast doubt on those claims, suggesting instead that it’s much more likely the blackout was the result of a deliberate shutdown by the government.

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Via: @ckanal (Twitter)

Source: BBC

Power outages can be seriously obnoxious. No Internet, no TV, no lights. On top of that, they can be dangerous, especially in the cold. A prolonged outage is always a danger during a serious storm, no matter the kind. And while it might not happen, you always want to be prepared. More »