Weather Channel Urges DirecTV to Waive Cancellation Fees


The battle between DirecTV and Weather Channel is getting nasty.

In ads in several newspapers on Wednesday, Weather Channel asked DirecTV to drop cancellation fees for those wishing to switch providers since it no longer carries the network. DirecTV dropped Weather Channel last week after the companies failed to reach a new carriage agreement. DirecTV recently added WeatherNation, another weather focused network, to its lineup.

In the ad, styled as an open letter to the board of DirecTV, Weather Channel Chairman-CEO David Kenny said DirecTV subscribers looking to cancel their service are being slapped with fees ranging from $200 to $400.

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