What we're doing is setting up, basically, a few antennas and a transcoder. We have rebroadcast rights for locals. We have custom middleware, and those channels get thrown into the standard rotation.
On Sat, Feb 6, 2016 at 4:57 PM, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: > Used to be there were must carry rules for locals. Now it is reversed. > I have seen these disputes many times over the past 10-15 years. > > I wonder about the economics of building an OTA circuit into the STB. Have > the installer put up an antenna, wire it up and don’t pay the broadcasters. > If it was clever enough the user would not even know. Include the locals in > the OSD and DVR functionality... Hmmm, would work for IPTV systems too... > > Of course everyone cannot always receive all the local OTAs but most could. > I wonder if you could pay the broadcasters only for the customers that > needed cable/IPTV deliver of the signal... I guess you could create a non > locals tier of service and try to put as many on it as possible. > > From: Rory Conaway > Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2016 3:16 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [AFMUG] Cox pulls KASW from it's lineup > > > KASW is a local channel in the Phoenix area. Apparently there is a dispute > over the cost of rebroadcasting this local channel when renewing the > contract. The reason that it’s interesting is they replaced the entire show > with an explanation of how local channels get to charge for something the > broadcast over the air for free. It looks like they are going on the > offensive and something we need to be aware of it if we start looking at > broadcasting IP TV. > > > > Rory Conaway • Triad Wireless • CEO > > 4226 S. 37th Street • Phoenix • AZ 85040 > > 602-426-0542 > > [email protected] > > www.triadwireless.net > > > > “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort > or convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge or controversy” – > Martin Luther King > >
