A dispute between DirecTV and Viacom has led the program provider to pull full episodes of The Daily Show and Colbert Report from Comedy Central’s website.The debate is over a fee increase Viacom proposed to DirecTV. According to Bloomberg, Viacom is proposing a 30 percent fee increase — about $1 billion in additional costs over five years. Failing to reach a deal, DirecTV late Tuesday dropped Viacom’s channels.
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