Viacom wrapped another of those all-inclusive, long-term agreements, covering broadcast and cable properties, this time with DirecTV (it pays to be big, eh?). The deal includes carriage of O&O CBS and UPN stations, as well as BET and several MTV Nets, including MTV, Nick, VH1, TV Land, Comedy Central, Spike TV, CMT, Noggin, MTV2, VH1 Classic, Nicktoons and MTV Espanol. DirecTV’s agreement also covers local-into-local of CBS HD.

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Charter and Comcast’s earnings calls resembled one another in some ways, particularly with large gains in the mobile department while competition for internet customers continues to escalate.

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