Update: DirecTV Customers Lose TNA Programming

July 11, 2012

With the report earlier today on Wrestlezone which you can read here, all of Viacom's channels have gone to black as of 12:00am EST. This includes Spike TV, which was available on DirecTV prior to tonight. Other channels on DirecTV that were through Viacom include Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon, BET, VH1, and CMT.

“We have absolutely no problem compensating Viacom fairly, but they have now knowingly put our customers in the unreasonable position of either accepting their extravagant financial demands or losing some of their favorite TV shows,” stated DirecTV EVP Derek Chang. Chang goes on further to say…

“We feel our customers should not have to pay more for these networks than the customers of any other TV provider. We reiterated this to Viacom today and have not heard back from them.”

This will put this Thursday's live Impact Wrestling in serious jeopardy to air on Directv. We will continue to update you on this story as more information becomes available.

Furthermore, Impactwrestling.com has added a phone number for fans to call in support of getting them back on the air.

Josh controls most of the creative writing and ideas for the show on a weekly basis, as well as an on-air talent.

Aside from working with WrestleZone, Isenberg began his career in Broadcast Journalism interning at ESPN and worked with CBS Radio for three years. He has also had the opportunity to interview some of the best athletes and performers alive, including Andrew McCutchen, Ben Roethlisberger, Chris Jericho, Billy Gunn, Karl Anderson, Matt Hardy, Steven Strasburg and others.

Currently, Josh Isenberg works for Major League Baseball in their Advanced Media Productions. He grew up in Pittsburgh and went to Point Park University, which is where Chair Shot Reality is filmed each week.

His life outside of his obsession with wrestling include being a savant for Seinfeld, NFL, NBA, MLB and many television shows. He also has an undying love for musicals, which includes many shows he was a part of in high school. Some of his favorite wrestling moments can be linked to such superstars as Edge, The Rock, Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels and The Great Khali.