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Plenty with cablevision as well, frustrated because i mean you have to start making some sort of pie to bring over to the neighbors house and convince them they can bring the whole family. >> peter, as you were talking we got in our nbc hot file you and i know so well, from senator john kerry. he has sent a letter this morning to the chairman of the fcc and among the things he says, he says look its not my place to pick sides in this incident, clearly a dispute between two companies, what senato...

Blaming the other. laura ingle is live in new york city with the story. >> a mess and a war of words between the two corporate giants. now, the little guy, the customer is the one that is suffering. the people who subscribe to cable vision in the trisit area that had big oscar party plans have to find another way to watch tonight unless a deal it made in the next few hours that would spur walt disney execs to flip the switch and turn wabc back on. negotiations are ongoing but they still dont hav...

Immediately return abc to cablevision customers while we continue to work to reach a fair agreement. now, for cablevision customers in new york, who want to watch the oscars tonight, the signal can actually still be pulled from the air for free with an antenna and new tv or digital converter box. alex? >> we went through this before. remember the whole food network and hg tv. that was for three weeks in january. >> hopefully wont last nearly as long. for the people that want to tune in to the os...

Signals, including abc, but doesnt pass on any of that money to disney. so abc with its own duali inini statement -- cablevision has once against betrayed its subscribers by losing abc 7, the most popular station in the viewing air that. if you cannot see wabc right now, if you live in the new york area and want to watch the oscars tonight, your best bet is go to a friends house or the signal can still be pulled from the air for free with an antenna and a new tv or digital converter box unless t...

Call signal, blaster one. you can hear it in the video recorded in iraq. the title of the movie, he claims he coined the phrase. >> kind of a mental issue. if you mess up you go to a place you dont want to be at and it is full of pain and hurt. >> summit entertainment says "we have no doubt that master sergeant sarver served his country with honor and pitment risking his life for the greater good but we distributed the film based on aficational screenplay written by mark boal. >> they said to gi...

Defected to afghan government forces. at least 50 militants and an unknown number of civilians are dead. the president of a houston energy cop is missing in new orleans. douglas schantz was in new orleans visiting his daughter. he was last seen in a bourbon street bar early friday morning. there has been no activity on his cell phone or bank account. the family suspects foul play. over 3 million cablevision customers in new york may not be able to watch the academy awards at walt disney cut ...

Final moments to reach an agreement." i guess if youre a cablevision customer, you live in the new york area, youd have to pull down the station for free with an antenna to watch the oscars, or a new tv or digital converter box unless there is a last-minute agreement that is reached. a lot of people hope both sides are bluffing but at this point, a lot of people feel like theyre being held hostage by this entire back-and-forth. >> we could all show up in your place. >> we got space for two. st...

Disney, switched off access to the channel in a dispute over -- wait, hear it -- money. that means when these new york customers turn on their local abc station tonight, wabc, this is likely what theyll see. we grabbed this from youtube. shows a graphic on the channel with a toll-free number that was created by cablevision for viewers to call disney to persuade them to reinstate the channel. cablevision says it already pays disney more than $200 million a year and that disney is seeking an addit...

Are handed out. just like any hollywood blockbuster, this years festivities are not without the controversial. joe, good to see you. heres the controversy. 3.1 million cablevision subscribers are saying, hello. >> you have 3.1 million viewers in new york city alone that wont be able to o get it. if theyre online they can go to the oscar website, it will be streaming on there and facebook. there are other ways but youll lose the fun of the event for the oscars. >> lets get to whats going to go on...

Cablevision customers while we continue to work to reach a fair agreement. disney cut access to the channel because the company says cablevision charges its customers about $18 per month for simple basic broadcast signals, those include abc, but doesnt pass on any of that money to disney. so abc issued this statement. cablevision has once again betrayed its subscribers by losing abc 7, the most popular station in the tri-state area. this follows two years of negotiations during which we worked d...