These headlines sound oh-so-20th-Century, anymore.
"However, Verizon customers should know our channels remain available on every
other service provider in their community as well as many over-the-top (OTT)
providers, who offer instant access when viewers sign up," Tegna continued.
"Our station's high-quality news, sports, weather and entertainment programming
is also available for free over-the-air and viewers can continue watching our
newscasts live on our stations' apps."
Exactly. Use OTA, use cbs.com, use any number of OTT sites which carry CBS
material. Verizon FiOS broadband carries them all.
Today, our crooked FCC Chairman is gloating, because the pin-head formula
thinkers in Congress failed to overturn his "let's make the Internet
non-neutral" order. All it would take would be for Verizon to start playing
games with the Internet streaming options consumers have, to really raise a
public outcry.
Funny thing is, in the past, we have seen just such overly greedy stupidity at
work. That's what got Title II slapped on broadband service to begin with.
Hardly something inconceivable.
Bert
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https://www.tvtechnology.com/news/verizon-pulls-tegna-stations-over-retrans-dispute
Verizon Pulls Tegna Stations Over Retrans Dispute
Stations in Norfolk, Washington DC and Buffalo affected
Tom Butts 14 hours ago
Tegna-owned TV stations in three markets have gone dark on Verizon's FiOS TV
service as a dispute over retransmission fees continued into the new year.
Norfolk, Va. ABC affiliate WVEC, DC CBS affiliate WUSA and Buffalo's NBC
affiliate WGRZ were all pulled from the FiOS lineup on Dec 31, 2018.
In a notice to subscribers, Verizon accused Tegna of proposing a significant
rate increase for these stations. "The rising cost of programming is the single
biggest factor in higher TV bills, and we are standing up to broadcasters like
Tegna in order to protect you from rate increases," Verizon said. "Rest
assured, our goal is to reach a fair agreement that is in your best interest
and allows you to continue to have access to the stations you enjoy today."
In response Tegna said it has "worked hard to reach a fair, market-based
agreement with Verizon" adding that it had "successfully reached hundreds of
deals with cable and satellite providers across the country with no disruption
of service, so we are disappointed we could not reach a deal with Verizon.
"We remain hopeful this will get resolved quickly. However, Verizon customers
should know our channels remain available on every other service provider in
their community as well as many over-the-top (OTT) providers, who offer instant
access when viewers sign up," Tegna continued. "Our station's high-quality
news, sports, weather and entertainment programming is also available for free
over-the-air and viewers can continue watching our newscasts live on our
stations' apps."
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