STEVE INSKEEP, host: NPR's business news starts with good news for Time Warner cable customers.</s>STEVE INSKEEP, host: Millions of Time Warner cable subscribers get to keep their favorite channels. Time Warner says it has resolved a dispute with the media conglomerate Viacom. The two companies had been fighting over fee hikes for some of the most popular networks, including Comedy Central, MTV, and Nickelodeon.</s>STEVE INSKEEP, host: Viacom was threatening to pull the networks by New Year's Eve if its demands were not met. No more Jon Stewart, no more "Real World: Brooklyn." No more "Dora the Explorer." But at a last minute deal just after midnight that probably saved the lives of some parents, the two companies reached an agreement.
Viacom and Time Warner have settled on a new contract. They had disagreed over fee increases, and Viacom had threatened to pull the plug on its 19 cable channels, including MTV and Comedy Central.