[opendtv] Re: News: Cable Nets Advertise Open Letter
- From: Tom Barry <trbarry@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2005 09:16:09 -0500
Craig Birkmaier wrote:
> Among those signing the letter were A&E, Discovery, CNN, Food
> Network, TBS, the Weather Channel, and Hallmark.
Interesting. Are these then not owned by the big five network owners?
Who owns them?
- Tom
> http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA502569.html?display=Breaking+News&referral=SUPP
>
>
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> Cable Nets Advertise Open Letter
>
> By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 2/8/2005 6:20:00 PM
>
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> More than 80 cable networks have signed an "open letter to Congress"
> asking members to oppose TV stations' "bid for multicast must-carry."
>
> The letter is in the form of an ad being placed in several Capitol
> Hill publications for Wednesday, the day before the FCC's planned
> vote on the issue.
>
> Among those signing the letter were A&E, Discovery, CNN, Food
> Network, TBS, the Weather Channel, and Hallmark.
>
> Notably absent were cable nets including ESPN, Bravo, USA,
> Nickelodeon, Sci Fi, TV Land, and others, owned by either Disney,
> Viacom, NBC Universal or Fox, all of whom also own TV stations
> seeking multcast carriage.
>
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>
> It is worth noting that some of the networks opposing DTV must carry
> are owned by broadcasters.
> For example, Food and HGTV are owned by Scripps Howard.
>
> Regards
> Craig
>
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