said by bohratom:said by PJL:Not necessarily. The Time Warner contract had a clause that allowed dropping the channel if the channel's ownership changed, which is what happened. Verizon's contract may have a similar clause.
They also can sever a contract if the programming changes dramatically as it will in this case.
Again, it depends solely on the terms and conditions of the individual contract. A contract would define the specific conditions which allow a party to terminate the contract, and unless "dramatic program changes" is a clause (which I doubt it would be unless "dramatic" was clearly defined), then a "dramatic program change" wouldn't allow terminating the contract.