...Is there an extra fee on the bill for local channels?
On 2/6/2016 7:17 PM, Mathew Howard wrote:
Yeah, they do retransmit them over the satellite as well, so most of
the locals actually show up in the list twice.
On Sat, Feb 6, 2016 at 5:53 PM, Chuck McCown <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Can you get locals without the external antenna?
*From:* Mathew Howard <mailto:[email protected]>
*Sent:* Saturday, February 06, 2016 4:49 PM
*To:* af <mailto:[email protected]>
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Cox pulls KASW from it's lineup
My Dish Network box does that... there's a built in OTA receiver
in the STB, and other than program information being missing for
some of the sub channels, you don't really notice whether the
channel is coming from satellite or OTA.
On Sat, Feb 6, 2016 at 4:57 PM, Chuck McCown <[email protected]
<mailto:[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 <mailto:[email protected]>
*Sent:* Saturday, February 06, 2016 3:16 PM
*To:* [email protected] <mailto:[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.
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