[opendtv] Re: NBC's HD Strategy becomes a bit clearer

  • From: "John Willkie" <JohnWillkie@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2005 18:40:34 -0800

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
> >
> >
> >
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