The Weather Channel urged DirecTV to waive its...

The Weather Channel urged DirecTV to waive its termination fees for subscribers wanting to switch providers since the channel is no longer carried by DirecTV. “The least you can do is allow them to vote now with their feet by waiving termination fees for those seeking to switch to a provider that still carries The Weather Channel, as every other pay-TV company in the nation does,” Weather Channel CEO David Kenny said in an open letter to DirecTV CEO Michael White (http://bit.ly/1dUOFJ0). “Our preference would be for DirecTV to come back to the negotiating table and restore The Weather Channel to your line up.” The carriage dispute resulted in a blackout of the channel for DirecTV subscribers last week (CD Jan 15 p20).