Does Viacom Have More At Risk Than DirecTV Does In Programming Standoff?

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deadline.com – That’s what some analysts say this morning about the dispute that has left 20M satellite customers without Viacom’s 17 channels.  DirecTV’s payments to Viacom — at an estimated $2.25 per subscriber each month — amount to about $550M a year for the networks company, or 14% of its revenue, Credit Suisse’s Spencer Wang figures.

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