While NBC clearly does operate KNSD, it is owned by Station Venture Operations, LP., which, I am led to believe, has GE as a minotiry owner, but the largest ownership interest is via Harte-Hanks. It seems to me that getting coverage of local weather would be a cinch. John Willkie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mitchell Cardwell" <mitchrc@xxxxxxx> To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, December 31, 2004 11:58 AM Subject: [opendtv] Re: NBC's HD Strategy becomes a bit clearer > While I'm sure there is now some grand strategy, keep in mind this is > just NBC Uni evolving the Bravo HD+ channel they inherited when they > bought Bravo. I would think they're far more worried about getting > carriage for NBC Weather Plus. > > Why does NBC not own KNSD? They list it as an O&O. > > > > On Dec 30, 2004, at 7:22 AM, John Willkie wrote: > > > I've been in at least two conversations over the last year or so where > > "NBC's HD strategy" (or lack of same) was mentioned. Last night, while > > watching some channel on Cox Cable San Diego, I got the first hint of > > some > > the strategy. > > > > www.universalhd.com > > > > This channel was announced as being available on Cox Cable's HD tier. > > NBC > > operates (but, in the strictest sense, does not own) KNSD-TV/DT San > > Diego. > > Since retrans agreements were renegotiated in the last few months > > (every > > three years, since the fall of 1992), it's logical to assume that > > carriage > > of this channel on Cox was part of a retrans agreement. > > > > Personally, I'd prefer to see a more exensive channel than one that > > repeats -- in HDTV -- series cancelled in their first year on a > > network or > > programs that are currently available in SDTV elsewhere. Of course, > > due to > > constrained capacity ota, this channel could not be offered via > > terrestrial. > > > > John Willkie > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: > > > > - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at > > FreeLists.org > > > > - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word > > unsubscribe in the subject line. > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: > > - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org > > - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.