Ranks at the children’s network dropped some 20 percent during that time Viacom channels weren’t accessible to DirecTV users for nine times over the course of the blackout, and also in that point essential channels like Nickelodeon spotted inescapable score declines. At the same time, Disney, the channel DirecTV replaced Nickelodeon with, watched its rankings greatly enhance a comparable levels. Based on Bernstein Research analysts Todd Juenger and Craig Moffett, that means it was Viacom which returned into negotiating table and