Do we need a cable TV bailout?

Newsflash: I was working on the Top 100 stories for Volusia County at 2 this morning when I took a break to watch "The Fresh Prince" on Nick At Night. I was stunned with the four ALERTS that ran across the screen announcing Time Warner and Bright House customrs were losing this chanel as well as 18 others, including MTV, V-H1, TV Land and Comedy Central -- all belonging to Viacom. Apparently this tkes effect Jan. 1. I am stunned. I jumperd back online and started searching for stories on the subject. I came across an Associated Press story that detailed an apparent stalemate bwtween Time Warner, parent company of Bright House, and Viacom, over Viacom's demand for an icrease in subscriber fees. I'll look into it more later in the day as I need sleep, but this is absolutely absurd. And how come the public wasn't alerted to this sooner? I quickly scanned the Web sites for the Daytona Beach News-Journal and the Orlando Sentinel, but didn't find anything. Does this mean Bright House will have to rebate its customers?