Editing Telewest (section)

===Nickelodeon dispute===
In late 2004, negotiations for renewed carriage of the [[Nickelodeon (British and Irish TV channel)|Nickelodeon]] channels (Nickelodeon, [[Nick Jr. (British and Irish TV channel)|Nick Jr.]] and [[Nicktoons (British and Irish TV channel)|Nicktoons]]) broke down; Telewest was unwilling to pay extra to keep the channels and preferred to drop them. Other [[Viacom (2005–2019)|Viacom]]-owned channels remained, such as [[MTV (British and Irish TV channel)|MTV]] and, the now former, [[Comedy Central (British TV channel)|Paramount Comedy 1]]. 
 
The reaction to this by customers was fairly large and many left the provider to rival [[Sky Ltd|Sky]], with Nickelodeon even encouraging the move.{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}} Other customers were retained by Telewest offering them a free upgrade to the [[Disney Channel (British and Irish TV channel)|Disney Channel]] for periods of between one and three months, while others were reportedly offered upgrades to [[Sky Movies]] packages in an attempt to keep them from leaving.{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}} The Nickelodeon channels returned to the Telewest platform on 12 February 2005 following successful renegotiation in Nickelodeon's favour.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tech/cable/a17703/telewest-pulls-plug-on-nickelodeon | title=Telewest pulls plug on Nickelodeon | work=Digital Spy | date=16 December 2004 | access-date=23 September 2020 | archive-date=9 April 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210409231652/https://www.digitalspy.com/tech/cable/a17703/telewest-pulls-plug-on-nickelodeon/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url= https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/nickelodeon-channels-return-telewest-dispute/461662| title= Nickelodeon channels return to Telewest after dispute| work= Campaign Live| date= 15 February 2005| access-date= 23 September 2020| archive-date= 2 October 2020| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201002043549/https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/nickelodeon-channels-return-telewest-dispute/461662| url-status= live}}</ref>