[opendtv] Re: Cable in trouble??
- From: cbenham@xxxxxxxxxxx
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2005 21:36:07 +0000
This sounds like a Fox/Sinclair problem they should try to solve instead of
alianating several million sports fans.
> That works where the Superbowl is on cable this year not where it isn't
>
> Bob Miller
>
> Cliff Benham wrote:
>
> >Didn't youse guys read what Monty posted day before yesterday??????
> >
> >QUOTE
> >Comcast Exceeds One Million HDTV-Capable Set-Top Boxes; Demand
> > for HDTV Service Propelled by Super Bowl
> > - Feb 2, 2005 11:34 AM (PR Newswire)
> >
> >PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- As Super Bowl frenzy reaches a =
> >fever
> >pitch, Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK), announced it has now
> >deployed more than one million high-definition television (HDTV)-capable
> >Digital Cable set-top boxes in customers' homes, adding more than =
> >800,000 of
> >them in 2004 alone. In addition, Comcast has experienced a 143% =
> >increase in
> >the number of customers connecting HDTV sets to Comcast's HD service =
> >during
> >January 2005 versus January 2004.
> >
> >...
> >
> > - http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=3D46612126
> >
> >UNQUOTE
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >[mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Mitch Cardwell
> >Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 1:48 PM
> >To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: [opendtv] Re: Cable in trouble??
> >
> >
> >The problem iss that from what I understands the Sinclair station in=20
> >Nashville is broadcasting with a 9 volt battery.
> >
> >On Feb 4, 2005, at 9:28 AM, Bob Miller wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >>The Superbowl plus a loss in the must carry battle might just wake up
> >>broadcasters.
> >>
> >>Sinclair's actions to withhold the Superbowl may bear fruit. That is=20
> >>the
> >>biggest gun broadcasters have. Cable may be shown to have no clothes.
> >>
> >> From AVSForum...
> >>
> >>quote:
> >>Originally posted by foxeng
> >>If the phone calls I have received over the last two weeks are any
> >>indication, cable is suffering. I have taken at least 4 to 5 every day
> >>the last 2 weeks. I took 6 calls and 3 emails yesterday alone. The
> >>antennas are sprouting like mushrooms around here.
> >>
> >>I can' speak about the rest of the country, but word has gotten out in
> >>my area that the way you get HD here is with an antenna, not cable or
> >>not satellite. I am not sure who is marketing it, but it seems to be
> >>working.
> >>
> >>
> >>One of the engineers at our Fox affiliate told me the same thing
> >>yesterday. He's received a lot of calls asking him if all they need is =
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >>a
> >>STB and an antenna for the Superbowl in HD.
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
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