How do the laws work on this? Is Gainesville somehow still by law the exclusive territory of WESH? Or is it just a deal between Cox and WESH where when contracts expire Cox could cut a deal for the national network NBC if negotiations fail? If WESH can't be received locally it doesn't seem fair they could restrict my ability to get NBC/HD somewhere else (Cox willing).
- Tom Craig Birkmaier wrote:
At 3:47 PM -0500 1/3/07, Manfredi, Albert E wrote:I do. It's really very simple, Tom. The fact is, in Gainesville you don't have the CW network, or My Network TV, or NBC as OTA options. So what does the cable company have to fear? Nothing. You have no way of getting that content in any way other than with cable (maybe DBS), so they have no incentive whatever to offer these broadcasters in HD.Not true. the CW is a sub-channel on WCJB-DT. My network TV is a sub-channel on WGFL-DT. NBC is not in this market because the network refuses to sign up an affiliate, choosing instead to protect the distribution agreement between WESH in Orlando and Cox cable.Why Gainesville residents don't raise a stink about this is what I don't understand. Who is on the take over there, keeping OTA broadcasting restricted to its 1950s era level of choice?Pure economics Bert. with 93% cable penetration there is little reason to expand OTA options, and NBC.WESH are obviously the ones on the take.Regards Craig ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways:- Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.
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