[real-eyes] Re: Fw: Time Warner Cable Drops ABC, NBC Affiliates From Packages in 13 Markets | Adweek

  • From: "Mitchell D. Lynn" <mlynn@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2012 09:37:35 -0500

I was under that impression as well; however, we appear to be mistaken in
that belief.  

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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.
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: real-eyes-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:real-eyes-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>> On Behalf Of Brandie Young
>> Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2012 4:29 PM
>> To: real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: real-eyes-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
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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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