Cable giant pulls channel just hours after announcement of acquisition

Following news on Wednesday that Qatari-based Al-Jazeera would acquire Current TV in the United States, cable giant Time Warner Cable dumped the channel.

Just hours after the announcement, subscribers to TWC found only this message when they switched to what was Current: “This channel is no longer available on Time Warner Cable.”

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