[real-eyes] Re: Fw: Time Warner Cable Drops ABC, NBC Affiliates From Packages in 13 Markets | Ad week
- From: "Reginald George" <adapt@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2012 17:21:23 -0500
You don't have to unhook the cable, you could use an a b switch, but I do
think you have to switch modes from cable to Antenna in the menus which
amounts to the same thing, totally inaccessible. I hope someone else knows
of an easy way to switch between over the air and cable. Lots of people
like to watch the local news in the morning to learn what has happened in
their town over night, or if you watch local news at night you are being
unfairly effected by the wars between the content providers and the
carriers.
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I thought that cable and satellite providers by law had to include local
channels.
On 7/15/2012 8:18 AM, Suzanne Rountree wrote:
> The contract wasn't extended in KC. There is no network programming
> whatsoever that I've seen. KMBC change to Hallmark Movie channel and
> CW changed to a country music video channel. I really do miss it. I
> watched the news and couple of late-night sitcoms on both. I can get
> them on other channels, just not at the same time when I liked to
> watch. I would actually like to get a digital antenna because none of
> those extra "point something" channels are on TW, and I used to watch
> them before I moved. I don't know if it will work in addition to cable
> though, or if I'd have to unhook the cable to get them? Probably, in
> which case wouldn't be interested because my TV and remote have to be
> reset every time cable is unplugged, and at this point I need sighted
> assistance for that.
>
> On 7/14/12, Mitchell D. Lynn <mlynn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> I did the Dish thing years ago. It didn't work worth a hoot for me.
>> Always
>> lost signal in anything more than moderate rain, and it got to the point
>> where high winds had a drastic effect as well. After enumerable calls for
>> service, some guy finally determined that there were trees in the way
>> that
>> blocked the signal. I guess the guy who installed it was also blind.
>> Can't
>> do anything about the trees: they were in the neighbor's yards, and while
>> I
>> could have asked them to trim them back, didn't feel that that was within
>> my
>> rights.
>>
>>
>>
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>> On Behalf Of Brandie Young
>> Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2012 4:29 PM
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>> Subject: [real-eyes] Re: Fw: Time Warner Cable Drops ABC, NBC Affiliates
>> From Packages in 13 Markets | Adweek
>>
>> my parent has new tv cable called Dish, pay $25 per a month, they do
>> have
>> internet too but not need just tv cable and also they give nice remotes
>> and
>> other for cable to othey set 2 different tvs.
>>
>> On 7/14/12, Mitchell D. Lynn <mlynn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> I saw something on this last week, but it looked like all we are going
>>> to lose here was just local programming; network stuff, it sounded
>>> like it anyway, would still be available. No matter, cable is gone as
>>> soon as the Olympics are over.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>> On Behalf Of Reginald George
>>> Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2012 4:10 PM
>>> To: real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; nutkc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: [real-eyes] Fw: Time Warner Cable Drops ABC, NBC Affiliates
>>> From Packages in 13 Markets | Adweek
>>>
>>> Here's a news story on this. I heard that Dish subscribers have also
>>> lost lots of Fox ad Disney and Nicalodian content. Not sure how this
>>> will all play out because consumers sure aren't going to pay any more
>>> for local content we are supposed to be able to get for free over the
>>> air. This digital transition has really messed things up.
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.adweek.com/print/141788
>>>
>>> Hearst and Time Warner Cable Part Ways Over Retrans
>>>
>>> TWC drops ABC, NBC affiliates from packages
>>>
>>> By Sam Thielman on July 10, 2012
>>>
>>>
>>> Hearst and Time Warner are slugging it out over retransmission consent
>>> fees, and 13 stations in 11 markets are feeling the pinch today. Six
>>> ABC affiliates including KITV (Honolulu), WMTW (Portland, Maine), KMBC
>>> (Kansas City), KETV (Lincoln, Neb.), WCVB (Boston) and WTAE
>>> (Pittsburgh) have been dropped from Time Warner's cable packages after
>>> carriage fee negotiations broke down, as have four NBC stations, one
>>> CW station and one CBS station.
>>> Only one Hearst station remains on a Time Warner package: WISN in
>>> Milwaukee.
>>>
>>> Retransmission consent has been a hard-fought battle on both sides.
>>> With profits at broadcast networks declining, most have opted to begin
>>> charging higher (in some cases, much higher) fees to MSO's who
>>> retransmit local broadcast signals over cable-that's why you don't
>>> have to turn off your cable box to get ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, The CW,
>>> Univision and Telemundo. The fees used to be nominal; now, since
>>> broadcast signals are harder to catch with rabbit ears after the
>>> digital changeover, broadcasters are being viewed more frequently over
>>> cable, and they're looking to leverage that popularity with MSOs used
>>> to paying little to nothing for their content.
>>>
>>> The blackout comes after an extension of the negotiation period; the
>>> contract was scheduled to end on June 30 and was extended through July
>>> 9.
>>> This morning, none of the above channels were live, and WXII (an NBC
>>> affiliate in Winston-Salem, N.C.) had a statement on its website
>>> saying that "unless there is a change in Time Warner's position,
>>> carriage of WXII will no longer be available to you on Time Warner
>>> systems." Similar statements were posted at the other affiliates, as
>>> well (here's the KITV [1] notice).
>>>
>>> Time Warner's response was pointed. For five of the stations, they
>>> simply replaced [2] the Hearst signal with another station affiliated
>>> with the same network in a nearby market. The message was clear: We
>>> don't think our viewers care about the local content on your stations
>>> as much as you think they do.
>>>
>>> "Hearst's demand for a nearly 300 percent increase is way out of line,"
>>> said
>>> Time Warner Cable in a statement on its website. "That kind of
>>> outrageous increase is unfair to our customers and unsustainable for our
>> business."
>>> The
>>> same page [3] included a FAQ section with a MSO-friendly explanation
>>> of the frequency of retrans conflicts, a paragraph or so on why you
>>> shouldn't switch to another cable provider, and a quick note informing
>>> consumers that their cable bills would not be prorated for the blackout
>> period.
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