Editing The Weather Channel (section)

====Verizon FiOS removal and return====
[[Verizon FiOS]] dropped the Weather Channel and its sister network Weatherscan from its lineup on March 10, 2015, after the two parties were unable to come to terms on a new carriage agreement. The services have respectively been replaced by the [[AccuWeather Network]] (which launched on March 10) and a [[Software widget|widget]] provided by FiOS featuring forecast content provided by [[WeatherBug]]. No public announcement was made regarding the removal until over 12 hours after TWC and Weatherscan were pulled.<ref>{{cite news|title=Verizon FiOS drops the Weather Channel|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-verizon-fios-drops-the-weather-channel-20150311-story.html|author=Yvonne Villarreal|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=March 11, 2015|access-date=March 20, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Verizon FiOS drops the Weather Channel|url=https://money.cnn.com/2015/03/10/media/weather-channel-verizon-fios/|author=[[Brian Stelter]]|work=[[CNN Money]]|date=March 10, 2015|access-date=March 20, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=AccuWeather Launches Its First National Weather Channel|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/accuweather-launches-first-national-weather-781344|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|author=Beatrice Verhoeven|date=March 13, 2015|access-date=March 20, 2015}}</ref> The Weather Channel offered a less expensive deal to Verizon FiOS, which rejected the offer. Verizon cited the Weather Channel's frequent use of scare tactics, naming of winter storms and the wide availability of the internet and mobile apps for consumers to access weather content any time of day as the reason for dropping TWC and its services.<ref>{{cite news|title=Verizon FiOS drops Weather Channel over contract|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2015/03/10/verizon-fios-drops-weather-channel/24728747/|author=Roger Yu|newspaper=[[USA Today]]|publisher=[[Gannett Company]]|date=March 10, 2015|access-date=March 20, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Verizon drops The Weather Channel, claiming internet killed the weatherman|url=https://qz.com/359445/verizon-drops-the-weather-channel-claiming-internet-killed-the-weatherman/|work=[[Quartz (publication)|Quartz]]|date=March 10, 2015}}</ref> It is unknown if [[FiOS from Frontier|Frontier FiOS]] customers in clusters formerly served by Verizon are affected, including (as of April 1, 2016) the recently acquired clusters from California, Texas, and Florida.

A representative for the network said in a statement, "We were disappointed when, without warning late yesterday, March 9, Verizon FiOS dropped the Weather Channel from their lineup while our companies continued to be in active conversations regarding a contract renewal. FiOS customers have enjoyed a bundle of services from the Weather Channel including the network, Weatherscan, On-Demand, a Weather Widget and streaming on mobile devices. During a winter with record-breaking storms and severe weather, the Weather Channel responded with non-stop live coverage, including the ongoing presence of our crews reporting live from hard-hit communities within the Verizon FiOS footprint. This coverage resulted in the Weather Channel being the only major cable network to grow in February."

The Weather Channel had earlier signed renewal agreements with major providers that are members of the National Cable Television Cooperative, including [[Time Warner Cable]] and [[Cox Communications]]. However, representatives for the channel claimed to be shocked that "Verizon FiOS would deny their subscribers access to the best live weather coverage and expertise that only the Weather Channel can provide." While Verizon claimed it was a long-term business decision (instead of a carriage dispute) that it made, the Weather Channel launched a campaign, originally urging viewers to contact FiOS about restoring the cable channel and its services. But, seeing that Verizon is not planning on bringing the channel and its services back in the near future, the Weather Channel now urges its viewers to switch providers.<ref>{{cite web|title=Verizon FiOS drops The Weather Channel - Our Statement|url=http://www.keeptheweatherchannel.com/statement|work=The Weather Channel|access-date=March 16, 2015|archive-date=March 15, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150315051339/http://www.keeptheweatherchannel.com/statement|url-status=dead}}</ref>

After a four-year absence and with the channel under ownership of Entertainment Studios, Verizon FiOS inked a new agreement to bring the Weather Channel back to its lineups on June 24, 2019.<ref>[https://deadline.com/2019/06/the-weather-channel-returns-to-verizon-fios-after-four-year-absence-1202634901/ The Weather Channel Returns To Verizon Fios After Four-Year Absence] - ''Deadline'' (published June 19, 2019; accessed June 20, 2019)</ref> The channel has not returned to channel lineups within Frontier FiOS's customer footprint until 2021 with the company's partnership with [[YouTube TV]].